Quotes About Knowledge

Those who are held wise among men, and who search for the reason of things, are those who bring the most sorrow upon themselves

Money is the wise man's religion

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.

I have found power in the mysteries of thought,exaltation in the chanting of the Muses;I have been versed in the reasonings of men;but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.

Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

It is my purpose also to give the names and number and times of those who through love of innovation have run into the greatest errors, and, proclaiming themselves discoverers of knowledge falsely so-called [1 Timothy 6:20] have like fierce wolves unmercifully devastated the flock of Christ.

Wisdom-loving" translates philosophos. (If I dared, I'd translate it "wannabe-wise" as opposed to sophos, "having smarts," skillful.)

A wisdom-loving man must be inquiring into many things. (35)

Do I know everything about him already? she thought, bewildered. And back came the answer: Everything. You are branded with this knowledge, you will have it for the rest of time.

When we learn something new and try to teach it to someone else, our success in both receiving and transmitting the information depends on what it is about.

The new industries are brainy industries and so-called knowledge workers tend to like to be near other people who are the same. Think of the City of Hollywood. People cluster. This means you have winning regions, such as London and Cambridge, and losing regions. The people who want to be top lawyers in Sunderland are hoovered up by London.

The information we are fed is largely based on the information we choose to consume.

Education - The ability to quote Shakespeare without crediting it to the Bible.

I didn't make the history," Ralph said. "I just repeat it.

one of the most important things to me is that my children and grandchildren are curious. Because, if you're not curious, you're not smart.

Unfortunately ignorance of the law is not excuse for breaking it,

Scientific knowledge is, by its nature, provisional. This is due to the fact that as time goes on, with the invention of better instruments, more data and better data hone our understanding further. Social, cultural, economic, and political context are relevant to our understanding of how science works.

Age is irrelevant. Experience is relevant.

I make ancient wisdom relevant, but through modern research and science.

Through the continued accumulation of detailed and reliable knowledge about elementary reactions, we will be in a better position to understand, predict and control many time-dependent macroscopic chemical processes which are important in nature or to human society.