Quotes About Knowledge

When in doubt, look intelligent.

Librarians, Dusty, possess a vast store of politeness. These are people who get asked regularly the dumbest questions on God's green earth. These people tolerate every kind of crank and eccentric and mouth breather there is.

One reads books in order to gain the privilege of living more than one life. People who don't read are trapped in a mine shaft, even if they think the sun is shining.

Christians are to avoid foolish living. Wise living understands the folly of immorality and the value of doing whatever is pleasing to the Lord. The days are so evil, and the need for properly functioning, serving Christians is so great, wise Christians will make good use of their time, taking opportunities for ministry as they come. Knowledge of the moral will of God will give discernment not only between good and evil, but between what is wise and what is foolish.

Our Creed does not command us to be free. It commands us to be wise." - Altair

Unfettered inquisitiveness, it is clear, teaches better than do intimidating assignments.

I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in.

To all the dumb chumps and all the crazy broads, past, present and future--who thirst for knowledge--and search for truth--who fight for justice--and civilize each other--and make it so tough for sons of bitches like you--and you--and me.

There's a difference between knowing what's on the page in a history book and actually feeling that page have curves and valleys.

Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation," intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you don't need to think, and that is very dangerous.

What can I do but force myself to remember? Try to imprint what I know on my soul, a thing that has no surface, no sides, no pages, no form of any kind. Carry it so deeply in the pockets of my existence that when I open my eyes and look down at my new hands with their thumbs that are able to close tightly around their fingers, I will already know. I will already see.

We all play by the same rules. But some people spend more time reading those rules and figuring out how to make them work in their behalf.

Try to imprint what I know on my soul, a thing that has no surface, no sides, no pages, no form of any kind.

We all play by the same rules; it's just that some people spend more time reading those rules and figuring out how to make them work in their behalf.

What can I do to force myself to remember? Try to imprint what I know on my soul, a thing that has no surface, no sides, no pages, no form of any kind. Carry it so deeply in the pockets of my existence.

I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.

Learn everything you can - everything. And then use all that you have learned to grow up too be a wise and good man.

I'm a librarian," he said. "I always know what I'm talking about.

I'm a librarian. I always know what I'm talking about

Mr Powell raised an eyebrow. 'I'm a librarian' he said. 'I always know what I'm talking about.

Successful entrepreneurs take who they are and what they already know and create surprising combinations.

While facts can provide a plan, only understanding can provide the purpose. What is understanding, and why is it important?

More broadly, formal logic of the sort we have been talking about does only one thing well: it allows us to take knowledge of which we are certain and apply rules that are always valid to deduce new knowledge of which we are also certain.

What is an intellectual? In general, someone seriously devoted to what used to be called the "life of the mind": thinking pursued not instrumentally, for the sake of practical goals, but simply for the sake of knowing and understanding.