Quotes About Knowledge

Only through the careful study of historical documents can we prevent the distortion of where we came from and who we are as a nation.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

What will maintain the pinnacle position of our nation in the world: the ability to shoot a 25-foot jump shot, or the ability to solve a quadratic equation?

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . it expects what never was and never will be.

Why?' He kept asking in his sweetly belling voice, its tone as pure as marbles swirled around a crystal pail. Why him wun up the tree? Why him nest up theah? Why him gadder nuts? Why? Why? Why? And Billy answering every question to the best of his ability, as if anything less would disrespect the deep and maybe even divine force that drove his little nephew toward universal knowledge.

Fear is just another word for ignorance.7

It's an important thing and a necessary thing as a writer to always be reaching outside of yourself. They say write what you know. But what you know is rarely enough. You need to know more. But you've got to approach it with a lot of respect and humility. You owe it to the people and experience you're trying to understand. It's not a casual thing.

The task of being right is a task the father perfects over time.

But death does not stand at the end of life, it is all through it. It is the fear of losing, the knowledge of losing that makes love tender.

I don't divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures, those who make it or those who don't. I divide the world into learners and non-learners.

can be so dangerous; the more you know going in, the less likely you are to probe a stock for weaknesses. This pernicious form of overconfidence is called "home

risks therein must be assumed by someone. * There is intelligent speculation as there is intelligent investing. But there are many ways in which speculation may be unintelligent. Of these the foremost are: (1) speculating when you think you are investing; (2) speculating seriously instead of as a pastime, when you lack proper knowledge and skill for it; and (3) risking more money in speculation than you can afford to lose.

The wisdom god, Woden, went out to the king of the trolls, got him in an armlock, and demanded to know of him how order might triumph over chaos. "Give me your left eye," said the troll, "and I'll tell you." Without hesitation, Woden gave up his left eye. "Now tell me." The troll said, "The secret is, 'Watch with both eyes!'" —John Gardner

La mente educada se distingue por no esperar más precisión que la que admite la naturaleza de la cuestión estudiada

There is intelligent speculation as there is intelligent investing. But there are many ways in which speculation may be unintelligent. Of these the foremost are: (1) speculating when you think you are investing; (2) speculating seriously instead of as a pastime, when you lack proper knowledge and skill for it; and (3) risking more money in speculation than you can afford to lose.

while people were drowning in data, knowledge was nowhere to be found.

then that it was by far the best book about investing ever written. I still think it is. To invest successfully over a

Know what you are doing—know your business." For the investor this means: Do not try to make "business profits" out of securities

Have the courage of your knowledge and experience. If you have formed a conclusion from the facts and if you know your judgment is sound, act on it—even though others may hesitate or differ.

Hemos visto ganar y conservar mucho más dinero a «personas comunes» que estaban temperamentalmente bien dotadas para el proceso de inversión que a otras personas que carecían de esta buena predisposición anímica, aunque tuviesen un gran conocimiento de las finanzas, la contabilidad y la historia del mercado de valores.

The wisdom god, Woden, went out to the king of the trolls, got him in an armlock, and demanded to know of him how order might triumph over chaos. "Give me your left eye," said the troll, "and I'll tell you." Without hesitation, Woden gave up his left eye. "Now tell me." The troll said, "The secret is, 'Watch with both eyes!

It is the mark of an educated mind to expect that amount of exactness which the nature of the particular subject admits. It

Can't do better until I know better!

I am pursuing Truth, and am indifferent whither I am led, if she is my only leader.