Quotes About Knowledge

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

If you would judge, understand.

I know Sanskrit, which has similarities with Tamil, so it helps me understand the language.

I don't have to rely on my athletic abilities to get by. I actually understand the game. I know the game of football. I know how to read DBs, I know how to read defenses - little stuff like that, that I didn't have in 2011.

Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better.

When making decisions about people, stop confusing experience with evidence. Just as owning a car doesn't make you an expert on engines, having a brain doesn't mean you understand psychology.

The problem with data is that it says a lot, but it also says nothing. 'Big data' is terrific, but it's usually thin. To understand why something is happening, we have to engage in both forensics and guess work.

Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.

I find a tremendous receptivity among the public for the subject matter of, 'Where did we come from and how did we get here?' People are thirsty and hungry for information on our origins. I feel a responsibility as a major figure in the area... to convey to the public the knowledge of human origins in a way that is understandable to them.

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

It is understandable that people want to know how it affects them. But as a scientist, I would hope society would be equally interested in fundamental science.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding.

The more knowledge you've got, the more understanding you have, the better you are able to implement and pass it on to others.

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

Neuroscience is a baby science, a mere century old, and our scientific understanding of the brain is nowhere near where we'd like it to be. We know more about the moons of Jupiter than what is inside of our skulls.

My investment advice is rooted in my understanding of economics.

Science is not, despite how it is often portrayed, about absolute truths. It is about developing an understanding of the world, making predictions, and then testing these predictions.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

Alchemy is a kind of philosophy: a kind of thinking that leads to a way of understanding.