Quotes About Knowledge

The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity.

There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings and rulers really And truly become philosophers

Literature is the memory of humanity.

Books are the carriers of civilization... Books are humanity in print.

A great library contains the diary of the human race.

The idea of engineering is an idea of mastery. And today the role that we are being asked to play is a role based on informed humanity.

History is the "know thyself" of humanity - the self-consciousness of mankind.

The wonderment of humanity leads to its greatest discoveries.

The sciences are the 'how,' and the humanities are the 'why' - why are we here, why do we believe in the things we believe in. I don't think you can have the 'how' without the 'why.'

Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not.

They've got lots of theories, books, sciences - I've read a lot of those books. Most of them are pretty unhappy.

The Self-confidence of the ignorant is one of the biggest disasters of the humanity!

Creation's highest aim and most sublime result is belief in God. The most exalted rank of humanity is knowledge of God.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

Wit is educated insolence.

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.

The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.

I don't know why I should have to learn Algebra... I'm never likely to go there.

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.

We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.

In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.

I don't know why my brain has kept all the words to the Gilligan's Island theme song and has deleted everything about triangles.