Quotes About Knowledge

She had always thought of it as being rich, having so many books she has yet to read.

True, she never got a real M.B.A., but she had taken courses online and worked her way through list after list of so-called Great Books. She read the newspaper carefully. She was better informed on current events than almost anyone she knew. To have Sophie laugh at her, to throw her lack of formal education in her face— That

Laura Lippman

Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession... but about securing a portal.

A well-stocked, well-staffed library is like a gardener who plants books, knowledge, and dreams and grows readers, learners, and do-ers.

Todos los secretos están guardados en un mismo cajón, el cajón de los secretos, y si develas uno, corres el riesgo de que pase lo mismo con los demás.

Mi séquito estuvo compuesto por diez sabios colmados de ciencia, los cuales permanecían callados , sabiendo lo que tanto se olvida, que el no saber es la única ciencia

People will think you brilliant only if you tell them what they know. To avoid being thought brilliant, avoid knowing what they know. Write to discover to yourself what you know. Anarchism is Not Enough

Ah, the minutes twinkle in and out And in and out come and go One by one, none by none, What we know, what we don't know.

According to my mother, no book is only a book. A book can improve your mind or it can break it.

The only problem with being Light is you have no mentor to explain it all. You discover the rules by breaking them.

As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand what's happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge.

it; she must find out all she could.

Can something be a secret if everyone in the whole world knows it?

People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening.

To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

It is indeed possible to be widely read, as I am, and still have black holes in one's knowledge.

You don't know what you're talking about," he says. "And you shouldn't talk about things you know nothing about.

El dolor psíquico experimentado por las poblaciones subordinadas debe ser tratado como ideología, no como un conocimiento anterior a la caída de Adán y Eva o como una teoría social comprensiva condensada... Pensar otra cosa implica afirmar que el dolor es meramente banal, una historia que ya siempre se ha contado.

She knows that it's not my fault if I don't know how many Zs there are in LOSER.

I can often be found in an art museum. Mostly I like being in a museum because I find visual art both absorbing and disorienting. I don't know very much about painting. I have taken exactly one art history course, and I can't draw a credible stick figure. I like being in a space where my senses are stimulated, indeed swamped, and where I don't know enough to think my way out of the experience.

I want to be a wise woman

Knowledge was more powerful than fear. Love was stronger than hate.

SnowAngel: who's Bill Gates?