Quotes About Knowledge

Basic Economics 101. It's the most complicated simple subject there is.

Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project.

I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.

It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before.

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have regarded me as the 'Death and Dying' Lady. They believe that having spent more than three decades in research into death and life after death qualifies me as an expert on the subject. I think they miss the point.

I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone turned to me. It didn't matter whether the subject was Namibia or Egypt; I was expected to know, to explain.

There's always a learning curve, where you've got to learn what your subject is all about.

The only knowledge which satisfies us is one which is subject to no external standards but springs from the inner life of the personality.

The only subject I know anything about is myself and I don't know that too clearly.

I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.

As a boy, I was deeply interested in scientific ideas, electrical and mechanical, and I read almost everything I could find on the subject. I was attracted more by the hardware and construction aspects than by the scientific issues.

Every subject you think you know, I'll dissect it and show you the truth.

When dealing with a subject who is dead, you have this feeling of being God. You know who they're going to marry, when they're going to die. It's strange to feel so omniscient.

I always like learning the small details about a subject.

I know a little more about Kinsey than I know about sex because that is his subject not mine.

I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject.

I have a credibility on the subject that most people don't.

I want the subject to be in control. Because they will give me something I couldn't possibly know about them.

I'm not afraid of getting into a subject I don't know much about.

Foucault is one of many who want a new conception of how power and knowledge interact. But he is not looking for a relation between two givens, 'power' and 'knowledge.' As always, he is trying to rethink the entire subject matter, and his 'knowledge' and 'power' are to be something else.

Academic experts may not be good at doing what they are experts in themselves, but they are good at explaining the subject matter to others. They write books, teach courses and offer lessons and give steps others can follow.

The best thing that you can do to break down any of the barriers that women face in sports is to be over prepared - know your value, but also know the subject matter that you're covering.

I'm curious about everything. Even subjects that don't interest me.