Quotes About Knowledge

You can't ban books, people will find them

You cannot ban books. People can find them".

Alas, in our age, some arrogantly believe that if they cannot comprehend something, then God cannot comprehend it, either.

Any complex technology is the product of many antecedents. Destroy the infrastructure of a society supporting such technology and, though the knowledge itself might not be lost, the society would lose the basis on which the tech was built. Members of a human civilization bombed back into the Stone Age are hardly going to be able to build computers from flint and wood.

breadth of experience is worthwhile in my estimation. Consider this another nugget of wisdom: you don't want to end up so lost in your power and omniscience that you forget how to take a shit.

Television characters live inside our minds as though they're actual people. In fact, we know more about them than we do about most people in our physical lives.

See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places

To condense fact from the vapor of nuance.

Well, all information looks like noise until you break the code.

Life (as you call it) is an opportunity for you to know experientially what you already know conceptually. You need learn nothing to do this. You need merely remember what you already know, and act on it.

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

Each book holds an experience and an adventure." [ Letters of Note ; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]

Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress. It is both the key and the quest that advances mankind. The search for knowledge is what brought men to the moon; but it took knowledge already acquired to make it possible to get there. How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well." [ Letters of Note ; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance.

Rule number one: Don't fuck with librarians.

Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.

Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was solely related to how many librarians it contained. Possibly a slight overstatement. But a culture that doesn't value its librarians doesn't value ideas and without ideas, well, where are we?

Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!