Quotes About Knowledge

A clever tattooist produces artistic work, creativity in living with knowledge and insight to his craft.

Beyond the unacknowledged mental gate imprisoned deeply within the gloomy unknown of the ignorant mind lies your answer.

You're only as good as your morgue... An artist is only as good as their morgue. When I say morgue, I'm talking about the artist's visual library of references.

rule is no peeking, I won't even consider it." "If we find a need for your special immunity, we'll make use of it," Grandpa promised. "If you find a need," Seth muttered. "I bet you won't be looking very hard. Say, Coulter, how did you know

Feeding off each other, magnified by the knowledge that the laughter was so inappropriate, their mirth was uncontrollable.

Then you've started down the road to wisdom," Grandpa replied.

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.

Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.

Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

What do you know?" "Almost everything. That almost part can be a real kick in the teeth sometimes." "What do you want, then?" "What I can't have." Wit turned to him, eyes solemn. "Same as everyone else, Kaladin Stormblessed.

Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted our study. Books can store information better than we can--what we we do that books cannot is interpret. So if one is not going to draw conclusions, then one might as well just leave the information in the texts.

This is insanity!" "No, this is scholarship!

I like words. And I always learn a few new ones when Father gets angry. I shouldn't neglect my education, now should I?

Incredible cosmic powers do not equate with high IQ.

You learned this," Kabsal said, lifting up her drawing of Jasnah, "from a book." "Er…yes?" He looked back at the picture. "I need to read more.

If you are anything like me --- Clever, fond of goat cheese, and devilishly handsome --- then you have undoubtedly read many books.

Oh, but I'm a scholar. I enjoy things with curious properties, and stupidity is most interesting. The more you study it, the further it flees—and yet the more of it you obtain, the less you understand about it!

anyone know where Kell is?" "Sleeping," Vin said. "He came in late last night, and hasn't gotten up yet." Ham grunted, taking a bite of baywrap. "Dox?" "In his room on the third floor," Vin said. "He got up early, came down to get something to eat, and went back upstairs." ... Ham raised an eyebrow. "You always keep track of where everyone is like that?" "Yes.

Why do they call it research if I've only done it this one time?

The trick is to never stop looking. There's always another secret.

Spectacles. They were kind of like a hat for smart people.

You're young," Teft said. "I'm old." "That makes you wiser, presumably?" "Damnation no. The only thing it proves is that I've more experience staying alive than you.