Quotes About Knowledge

experience does not always mean wisdom.

It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool

but those as knows the least have a habit of thinkin' they know all there is to know, while them as knows the most admits what a turr'ble big world this is. It's the knowing ones that realize one lifetime ain't long enough to git more'n a few dips o' the oars of knowledge.

The more stupid one is the more he thinks he knows.

For although I feel that I know a tremendous lot, I am not yet aware how much there is in the world to find out about. It will take me a little time to discover whether I am very wise or very foolish.

No, indeed. I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all," he answered sadly.

To 'Know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment, which it has taken us, who are your elders, months to perfect.

Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.

What do you know? Well, that is hard to tell, replied Jack. For although I feel that I know a tremendous lot, I am not yet aware how much there is in the world to find out about. It will take me a little time to discover whether I am very wise or very foolish.

since no thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.

We live in an age of progress, announced Professor Wogglebug, pompously. It is easier to swallow knowledge than to acquire it laboriously from books. Is it not so, my friends? Some

I have heard, my dear friend, that a person can become over-educated; and although I have a high respect for brains, no matter how they may be arranged or classified, I begin to suspect that yours are slightly tangled. In any event, I must beg you to restrain your superior education while in our society.

Brains are the only things worth having in this world

Where is the Emerald City? he inquired. And who is Oz? Why, don't you know? she returned, in surprise. No, indeed. I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all, he answered sadly.

Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.' After

I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.

for experience does not always mean wisdom.

wonderful power the Silver Shoes gave her. So the Wicked Witch laughed to herself, and thought, I can still make her my slave, for she does not know how

A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.

People who are always understood are very common. You are sure to respect those you can't understand, for you feel that perhaps they know more than you do.

Dorothy looked at him curiously. His head was quite bulged out at the top with brains. How do you feel? she asked. I feel wise indeed, he answered earnestly. When I get used to my brains I shall know everything. Why are those needles and pins sticking out of your head? asked the Tin Woodman. That is proof that he is sharp, remarked the Lion.

those as knows the least have a habit of thinkin' they know all there is to know, while them as knows the most admits what a turr'ble big world this is. It's the knowing ones that realize one lifetime ain't long enough to git more'n a few dips o' the oars of knowledge

Education is a thing to be proud of.