Quotes About Knowledge

No one can be an atheist who does not know all things. Only God is an atheist.

The girl had taken the Ph.D. in philosophy and this left Mrs. Hopewell at a complete loss. You could say, "My daughter is a nurse," or "My daughter is a school teacher," or even, "My daughter is a chemical engineer." You could not say, "My daughter is a philosopher." That was something that had ended with the Greeks and Romans

You got a least knowledge, the blind man said. That's enough. You know His name and you're marked. If Jesus has marked you there ain't nothing you can do about it. Them that have knowledge can't swap it for ignorance.

Comme l'on serait savant si l'on connaissait bien seulement cinq à six livres. ( How wise one might be if one knew thoroughly only some half of a dozen books

If we knew how our body is made, we wouldn't dare move.

Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.

I'm a massive fan of the dictionary.

It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism.

You know, master classes are essentially extended Q&As. That's how I always approach them. I don't mean to downplay it. It's just that I never fancy myself as someone who is taking a class. 'Master class' insinuates a teacher, and I'm not one.

Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.

But, I think it's great to be able to work with established directors, and then also first-timers. I feel like you learn from both of them, but then you can go and share your knowledge with each of them. That's really fantastic!

I feel more confident and like I have more to say. I feel like I'm working more than ever, not just from fantasy, but actual experience. I'm an adult now - I actually have experience.

I thought I might get a part as a farmer. I knew about the books but I hadn't read them. A few weeks later, an actor whispered in my ear, 'It sounds like you're in line for James Herriot.' I read every book in about 48 hours.

I think the only real knowledge I had before I went to Iowa was what I learned from 'Food Inc'. But once I got there and developed these extensive relationships with the farmers, I realized that we're basically made of corn.

We were hunter-gatherers of information, and we moved from that to becoming farmers and cultivators of information.

I know very little about farming!

We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained from nature that which the mind put into nature.

I was always fascinated by how things work and learning about them.

Some people are fascinated by what they know, and some are fascinated by what they don't know. I'm just very interested in what's possible.

I've always been fascinated by history.

I want to study philosophy. That fascinates me.

Contemporary Britain seems an endlessly fascinating place to me - but if I knew a little bit more about other places, and other times, maybe it wouldn't.

I entered economics because of a course I took on 'information economics,' which I found fascinating.

I like history because you can't really progress without knowing what comes before you, so I think it's super fascinating.