Quotes About Knowledge

Knowledge is important because not only does it help dispel fears, it also helps us make rational, informed decisions about our health and well-being.

One of the oddest things about being grown-up was looking back at something you thought you knew and finding out the truth of it was completely different from what you had always believed. (Bone Crossed)

Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.

Someday, I'm going to meet some supernatural creature who tells me everything I should know up front and in a forthright manner - but I'm not going to hold my breath.

I can't protect you from knowledge.

A man learns with age, if he is lucky.

I have a degree in history, which is one of the reasons I'm an auto mechanic.

Wizards are a secretive lot.

Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.

Too much knowledge can make you paranoid all the time

When things started to get dangerous, it was important to have people who knew as much as you did. That way, when you stupidly got yourself killed, someone would have a starting place to look for your murderer.

Fear is a good thing. It teaches you not to make the same mistake twice. You counter it with knowledge. - Bran

There's something really disturbing about finding out how little you really know about something you felt like you were an expert on.

Coyote," said Hopi Woman dryly, "doesn't much worry about understanding anything, which is why he understands so much.

I have a degree in history, which is one of the reasons I'm an auto mechanic.

O medo é uma coisa boa. Ensina-te a não cometeres o mesmo erro duas vezes. É combatido através do conhecimento.

only a fool asks Grandpa Gordon anything: He just might answer.

How can you know it's the best, if you don't learn about anything else?

He wasn't a medical doctor, just educated all the way up as far as you can get.

Seriously, if you really, truly don't understand basic terminology (which was at least half my problem with the adult-level "beginner" books), the children's section is the place to go.

Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse. — Nigerian Proverb

As patients and consumers, we are better informed today about our health care than any previous generation.

as social conditions change, so must the knowledge and practices designed to resist them

Suppressing the knowledge produced by any oppressed group makes it easier for dominant groups to rule because the seeming absence of dissent suggests that subordinate groups willingly collaborate in their own victimization.