Knowledge Quotes

Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children.

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

Perhaps the prevalence of pedantry may be largely accounted for by the common error of thinking that, because useful knowledge should be remembered, any kind of knowledge that is at all worth learning should be remembered too.

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

I had a vision how it should sound and I put all my knowledge into this product and it is a fantastic product. People still tell me that I have the best musical thing there.

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.

The point is that knowledge of God is not prohibited under the First Amendment.

If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings.

My first concern was to take care of my drawing. I did not have any knowledge in arts, especially Haitian arts, apart from the paintings I saw in my father's office.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.