Quotes About Knowledge

On 'The Chase,' I don't know what questions are going to appear, so they deliberately try and catch me out.

You've got to know the defense by watching film and by how you've been coached. And then when you approach it, you've got to be real physical. You've got to deliver the blow, not let the blow be delivered to you.

Our delusions of omniscience play a role in our ideas of not only what we want but also what we want to escape.

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

I read a couple books on democratic coaching.

That's the place we're in right now: we think we have the capability to get every piece of information, and we don't. We don't know what's going on behind the closed curtain. If we want to say we live in a free democratic society, we should be able to find out whatever we want to.

I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.

You can't be in the locker room reading 'League of Denial.'

Education has always been very important to me. It means you don't have to depend on anyone else.

If you're going to vote yes and change the law. You have to know what's in it. You can't depend on other people.

The future of society is 100% dependent on scientific advances.

History is obviously dependent on the evidence, and it's always amazing to me how much evidence there is.

Democracy depends on well educated and engaged citizens.

A democracy depends on its people, the literate and the well read.

We have deep depth.

Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge.

I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, and I don't believe in appearances at all.

You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.

I have always been a reader. I was one of those kids desperate to learn. I would read anything.

I think we all want to know where we came from and how we fit into the world, but some of us need to know how it all works in great detail.

People are afraid of detail and complexity.

I don't believe that you can make decisions on anything without having all of the details.

You have to learn your own details before you can teach them.

Details - that's what it comes down to, so you're always learning more about a play or a concept.