Quotes About Knowledge

The truth you seek might be covered with blood... even then would you still want to know? ~Kaname Kuran

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge.

Thought leaders develop a bank of ideas that can be accessed in a moment and can be instantly customized to suit any audience or situation. They become a living encyclopedia of knowledge and expertise.

If all knowledge is self knowledge, you don't know shit.

You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library.

The feeling it gave me was an odd combination of weightless self-pity and excitement. I understood my life was meaningless, and this knowledge freed me up to accomplish absolutely anything.

Lana had a cocky grin. "You never get answers if you don't ask questions.

Entendía que mi vida no tenía sentido, y ese conocimiento me liberaba de tener que lograr cualquier cosa.

You would be amazed what the ordinary guy knows.

There's a difference between nutrition knowledge and food knowledge.

How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?

Books are useless! I only ever read one book, To Kill A Mockingbird, and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds! - Homer Simpson

I can't believe it! Reading and writing actually paid off!

Whenever I see someone reading a book, especially if it is someone I don't expect, I feel civilisation has become a little safer.

Knowledge is finite. Wonder is infinite.

So long as there are still books on the shelves, you are never trapped. Every book is a potential escape.

And besides, libraries aren't just about books. They are one of the few public spaces we have left which don't like our wallets more than us.

find a good book. And sit down and read it. There will be times in your life when you'll feel lost and confused. The way back to yourself is through reading. I want you to remember that. The more you read, the more you will know how to find your way through those difficult times.

No one is ever completely right about anything. Anywhere.

There will be times in your life when you will feel lost and confused. The way back to yourself is through reading. There is not a problem in existence that has not been eased, somewhere and at some time, by a book. I want you to remember that. And the more you read, the more you will know how to find your way through those difficult times.

To see the act of learning as something not for its own sake but because of what it will get you reduces the wonder of humanity. We are thinking, feeling, art-making, knowledge-hungry, marvellous animals, who understand ourselves and our world through the act of learning. It is an end in itself. It has far more to offer than the things it lets us write on application forms. It is a way to love living right now.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.' – Socrates (after losing our quiz!!!!)

Anne Sexton knows the mind, Walt Whitman knows grass, but Emily Dickinson knows everything.

I read and read and read with an intensity I'd never really known before. I mean, I'd always considered myself to be a person who liked books. But there is a difference between liking books and needing them. I needed books.