Quotes About Knowledge

Intelligence and longevity do not seem to be correlated.

Of all the sciences cultivated by mankind, Astronomy is acknowledged to be, and undoubtedly is, the most sublime, the most interesting, and the most useful. For, by knowledge derived from this science, not only the bulk of the Earth is discovered . . . ; but our very faculties are enlarged with the grandeur of the ideas it conveys, our minds exalted above [their] low contracted prejudices. JAMES FERGUSON, 1757†

As a scientist, you must embrace the inconstancy of knowledge.

People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the universe. What

And without violating momentum laws, you cannot spontaneously levitate and hover above the ground, whether or not you are seated in the lotus position.† Knowledge

School is not only a place to learn, but a place to learn how to learn.

Are we missing some basic pieces of the universe that once were? What part of the cosmic history book has been marked access denied? What remains absent from out theories and equations that ought to be there, leaving us groping for answers we may never find?

To deny objective truths is to be scientifically illiterate, not to be ideologically principled.

These philosophically fun ideas usually satisfy nobody. Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist. People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the universe.

The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.

The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe it.

after the laws of physics, everything else is opinion.

ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist. People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the universe.

Don't start an argument with someone thinking they have the same level of knowledge as you on a particular topic.

One of the great challenges in this world is knowing enough to think you're right, but not enough about the subject to know you're wrong.

L'ignorance est l'état naturel de l'esprit pour un chercheur scientifique. Montrez-moi quelqu'un qui croit n'être en rien ignorant, et je vous montrerai quelqu'un qui n'a jamais cherché, ni affronté la frontière entre ce qui est connu et ce qui est encore inconnu dans l'univers.

First, get your facts straight. Then, distort them at your leisure.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

En otras palabras, después de las leyes de la física, lo demás es una opinión.

Las personas que creen que lo saben todo nunca han buscado ni se han encontrado con los lindes entre lo conocido y lo desconocido en el cosmos. Y

scientists are not in search of each other's opinions. We're in search of each other's data.

Ma knew what was goin' on. She could tell if there was salt missin' from a pretzel.

I used to think that intelligence came from books and knowledge and rational thought. But that's not intelligence: It's just information and interpretation. Real intelligence is when your mind and your heart connect. That's when you see the truth so clearly and unmistakably that you don't have to think about it. In fact, all thinking will do is lead you away from the truth and soon you'll be back in your head, groping with a penlight in the dark again.

There were guys who were uptight and set in their ways, like Cliff, who couldn't even handle having a nickname like everybody else. They tended to gather as much knowledge as they could but had trouble making even the smallest behavioral change.