Quotes About Knowledge

Reading is a lot like physical exercise. Reading is a workout for the brain.

People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and 15 minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.

Teaching helped sharpen your own skills.

HIstory collects secrets like politicians collect lies.

I think in the NFL knowledge is power, and you try to get the knowledge by whatever means.

Knowledge is power. The more information you have about a habit, the easier it is to completely eliminate it.

Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children.

That said, forewarned is forearmed,

One thing you will quickly discover is that there are no permanent answers in the study of political philosophy, only permanent questions.

the ills of the human race would never end until either those who are sincerely and truly lovers of wisdom come into political power, or the rulers of our cities, by the grace of God, learn true philosophy.3

If we do not know what we are doing, then it follows no one else does either; and, if no one knows what we are going to do, well then, why is someone so determined to stop us from doing it?

A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless.

Staring into the dragon's maw, one quickly learns wisdom.

For example, the client who values education might be asked, "What if you received the education, but no one knew. Would that still be of importance?

My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced the subject of physics. He told us we were going to learn how to deal with very simple questions such as how a body falls due to the acceleration of gravity.

Human beings always want explanations. They have to know everything about everything and they have to know it immediately.

The conventional wisdom is often wrong.

Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent--all depending on who wields it and how.

The key to learning is feedback. It is nearly impossible to learn anything without it.

Most of us want to fix or change the world in some fashion. But to change the world, you first have to understand it.

It has long been said that the three hardest words to say in the English language are I love you. We heartily disagree! For most people, it is much harder to say I don't know.

An expert must be BOLD if he hopes to alchemize his homespun theory into conventional wisdom.

We are not simple creatures. You dream that with memories will come knowledge, and from knowledge, understanding. But for every answer you find, a thousand new questions arise. All that we are has lead us to where we are, but tells us little of where we're going. Memories are a weight you can never shrug off.

Fear bespeaks of wisdom. Recognition of responsibility.