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Quotes About Knowledge

To the uneducated an A is just three sticks.
~ A.A. Milne
Some have brains, and some haven't, ... and there it is.
~ A.A. Milne
And if anyone knows anything about anything," said Bear to himself, "it's Owl who knows something about something," he said, "or my name's not Winnie-the-Pooh," he said. "which it is," he added. "so there you are.
~ A.A. Milne
Owl," said Rabbit shortly, "you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest--and when I say thinking I mean thinking--you and I must do it.
~ A.A. Milne
Owl,' said Rabbit shortly, 'you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is easy thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it.
~ A.A. Milne
And if anyone knows anything about anything," said Bear to himself, "it's Owl who knows something about something," he said, "or my name's not Winnie-the-Pooh," he said. "Which it is," he added. "So there you are." Owl
~ A.A. Milne
Antony could never resist another person's bookshelves. As soon as he went into the room, he found himself wandering round it to see what books the owner read, or (more likely) did not read, but kept for the air which they lent to the house.
~ A.A. Milne
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience - well, that comes from poor judgment.
~ A.A.Milne
Knowledge is good, method is good, but one thing beyond all others is necessary; and that is to have a head, not a pumpkin, on your shoulders and brains, not pudding, in your head.
~ A.E. Housman
The sum of things to be known is inexhaustible, and however long we read, we shall never come to the end of our story-book." ( Introductory lecture as professor of Latin at University College, London , 3 October 1892)
~ A.E. Housman
Sylvia had finished her story, and the mystery was clear to Chayne. She had told him the secret which she did not know herself. He was sure now why Gabriel Strood had changed his name; he knew now why Gabriel Strood no longer climbed the Alps; and why Kenyon would answer no question as to the disappearance of his friend.
~ A.E.W. Mason
You're a kid,' said Alexandra. 'There is no just about it. Only adults say just a kid and what the heck do they know about anything? Have you looked at their world lately?
~ A.J. Hartley
My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
~ A.J. Jacobs
Exponía una cantidad extraordinaria de conocimientos pésimamente asimilados.
~ A.J.A. Symons
To know all is an impossible dream; but woe unto him who dares not to learn all, and who does not know that, in order to know anything, one must learn eternally!
~ Éliphas Lévi
El cristianismo no debía odiar a la magia; pero la ignorancia humana siempre tiene miedo de lo desconocido.
~ Éliphas Lévi
Ta không có chút quy?n l?c nào v?i s? gi?n d? m?t khi ta ch?a bi?t lí do ?ích th?c c?a nó.
~ Émile Chartier
Leo. Es como una enfermedad. Leo todo lo que cae en las manos, bajo los ojos: diarios, libros escolares, carteles, pedazos de papel encontrados por la calle, recetas de cocina, libros infantiles.
~ Ágota Kristóf
The only good is knowledge, Sekhandur. The only evil is ignorance'. 'That is a saying uttered by as many fools as visionaries and an attitude that has led to damnation more than once. The last man to speak those words in my presence doomed our Legion.
~ Aaron Dembski-Bowden
People put their minds to ruling over animals, not studying them. If you'll study animals and their habits, you'll do a much better job of dealing with them." Jeremy
~ Aaron Fletcher
Le savant a pris la science, le renonçant a pris le renoncement, le dévot a pris les dévotions, et tous s'en est allés ainsi à Sa rencontre. Prends la pureté et cours à Sa rencontre car c'est Lui le plus pur.
~ Abû'l-Hasan Kharaqânî
J'ai vu la fin de toutes choses sauf de trois : la fin de la perfidie de l'âme passionnelle, la fin de la sublimité de l ' Élu et la fin de la connaissance.
~ Abû'l-Hasan Kharaqânî
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
~ Abba Eban
Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.
~ Abbott L. Lowell