Quotes About Knowledge

There are very few things that surprise me.

My greatest surprise was that so much of what we think is common sense is just prejudice, and so much of what we think is scientific fact is about as scientific as the idea that the sun revolves around the earth.

The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.

Surprise drives progress because innovation depends on the sort of knowledge no one can gather in a central place.

I had no idea who Elektra was. When the producers asked me before I booked the job, I had to tell them. It was a great surprise when I actually got the job.

Reading is looked at like it's corny or lame, but you'd be surprised what you can find in a book.

Living in Europe, I was surprised to find out just how little everyone knows about Japan.

I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.

When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised.

RuPaul knew details of the 'Burnett Show' that even surprised me.

Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might not be for you. You might be surprised.

He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him.

You will be surprised but I do a lot of studying and I watch National Geographic.

There is a great difference between discoveries and inventions. With discoveries, one can always be skeptical, and many surprises can take place. In the case of inventions, surprises can really only occur for people who have not had anything to do with it.

It's most presumptuous to believe we already know all the answers and will never get any more big surprises.

So much had already been done in space before that, it had all been documented and there were no real surprises in store for us.

At the top level you know most things about the best clubs, there aren't too many surprises.

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better.

You can learn more about anything, and the truth about almost anything is surprising.

So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

In some ways, the finding that financial education doesn't provide long-term payoffs is hardly surprising. After all, how much do you remember from your high school chemistry class? Unless you use chemistry at work, you probably don't recall much about ionic bonding.

Students come away with a clear message about how admissions works: If you have money, connections or 'insider' knowledge, you have a leg up. It's hardly surprising that many students of modest or lower means decide it's not even worth playing.

I think anyone about to leave one job not surprisingly would use their knowledge, their experience, their skills drawn from their previous positions to try and earn a living in the future. That's what happens in all interviews.