Quotes About Knowledge

I think some people don't even know what they're talking about, and they just start talking with an opinion, not even asking questions.

Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in to find out what's been going on while I've been asleep.

Nobody really knows everything, and they can only assume.

I believe education is much more important than we assume.

Most of what we know or assume to know is wrong one way or another.

You sort of assume that everyone knows how television works, but they don't actually, why should they?

We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them.

Oh, I assure you, science is anything but boring.

You can be an astronaut, knowing it can be super dangerous but understand intuitively what the risk issues are. Not having the same usable knowledge about the risk of football, or any line of work, doesn't work.

I was a big kid and a big athlete, but let's be honest: I don't know diddly about football.

I don't have a problem with athletes speaking up, but I want to make sure before they speak up, they read up.

I may not be the most athletic, but I understand the game.

I went to college in Atlanta, so I know that city.

I've learned so much between Atlantic, Slip-N-Slide and EMI to know how to control and do my own business.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

I attended university because I have always felt that education is freedom and power.

I have learned a lot over the years. I have learned how best to use my attributes. That comes with a bit of knowledge and a bit of wisdom.

What did I know about lawyering? I just thought it was another way to stay in Austin for another three years.

What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.

I like to read everything, really, especially autobiographies.

When you're a player, there is almost automatically a respect you have for a person that has been in that fight, who knows what it's all about.

I think reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet. Reading is so important.

The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.

I hate to tell you this, but I did not know what the National Book Award was when I got the call.