Quotes About Knowledge

I mean, my training at Oberlin has been absolutely valuable.

In India, knowledge has always been considered more valuable than power, fame or riches. In our tradition, educational institutions are respected as temples of learning.

There are thousands of experts, creators, and practitioners around the world who have valuable knowledge to share but aren't traditional professors.

The most valuable thing you can have as a leader is clear data.

If I'm in my position at a company, I may not have the knowledge of the C.E.O., I may not know what's possible, or I may not have the creativity, but if I can identify a problem, that's a valuable thing.

There is a huge value in learning with instant feedback.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files and rulers. It all dealt with conciseness and precision. It eliminated guesswork. One has to know his tools, so he doesn't work against himself.

The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank.

There are two kinds of experts: academic experts and practical experts. One is not better than the other, but they are very different, and each offers very different value.

First you learn the value of abstraction, then you learn the cost of abstraction, then you're ready to engineer.

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.

Knowledge has value only insofar as it contributes to the all-round development of the whole nature of man.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

I don't go to the beach. There is no value in going to the beach. If I did go I would probably read economics books.

I think it's a belief that you can learn something. That's something that I really value from the upbringing I got.

The most trusted way to keep moving up that value chain is to keep investing in individuals - to help them grow in knowledge and skills. Education is hard. It takes individuals to do the hard work.

I think investors ought to focus on making sure that the stock is within their circle of competence, that it's worth a lot more than it's valued at - and once you have those two things, a stop-loss makes no sense.

I was brought up in a family which valued natural history. Both my parents knew the names of all the British wildflowers, so as we went walking the country, I was constantly being exposed to a natural history sort of knowledge.

My family has always valued my education.

For me, the only sources of moral values are the pursuit of understanding and the pursuit of happiness.

The anti-elitist values in America, I think, are very destructive to education.

When knowledge is cut off from traditional values, it becomes disastrous.

A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.