Quotes About Knowledge

No man is ever old enough to know better.

Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.

A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement.

the end of reading is not more books but more life

What an author doesn't know could fill a book.

Librarians are hot. They have knowledge and power over their domain...It is no coincidence how many librarians are portrayed as having a passionate interior, hidden by a cool layer of reserve. Aren't books like that? On the shelf, their calm covers belie the intense experience of reading one. Reading inflames the soul. Now, what sort of person would be the keeper of such books?

How will I know when I've learned it, since I don't know it now?" he asks. The question sounds like a riddle. "Come back when returning feels like a hard choice instead of an easy one," I answer finally.

I hope it unnerves them to know that I am lying. After all, if the insult to me is pointing out that I am mortal, then this is my riposte: I live here, too, and I know the rules. Perhaps I even know them better than you since you were born into them, but I had to learn. Perhaps I know them better than you because you have greater leeway to break them.

Jude, you cant really think I dont know its you. I knew it was you from the moment you stepped into the brugh. Page 69

It is my belief that books are living things.

Knowledge and action are one and the same.

Like all schools, we are always interested in learning, in research, in pushing the limits of knowledge. But we must balance that with our duty to protect the world, even from ourselves.

He knew about cures and poultices and the medicinal value of kisses.

There are many things I don't know, but I know a great deal about imprisonment.

Hazel began to list what she knew. She liked lists. They were comfortingly straightforward, even when they were full of crazy stuff.

I know the number of steps to the top of every spire. I know every corner that a child could hide in, every place she could be dragged out from.

Of course I like books!' Justin said, looking up. He didn't know how to explain. He'd started library school to get Linda to Sandlin, but he actually liked it. It felt good to carefully organize the books so that other people would know what they were getting themselves into. 'I've always liked books. I just don't trust them.

After all, if the insult to me is pointing out that I am mortal, then this is my riposte: I live here, too, and I know the rules. Perhaps I even know them better than you since you were born into them, but I had to learn. Perhaps I know them better than you because you have greater leeway to break them.

Let the story of my neice and nephews be a warning. The more you know, the more danger you are in. And trust me, you don't want to meddle with the Little People. - L.S.

I live here, too, and I know the rules. Perhaps I even know them better than you since you were born into them, but I had to learn. Perhaps I know them better than you because you have greater leeway to break them.

It is my belief that books are living things.... And as living things, they need to be protected.

The more you learn, the less you know

Willful ignorance and endless laws become the replacement for self-education and self-restraint, because ignorance and laws are easy.

History is neither truth nor completeness. It is simply the best story people can string together at the time, out of whatever facts and snippets they might have on hand.