Knowledge Quotes

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.

The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms.

The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.

All my knowledge comes from research.

Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.

We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress.

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.

We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary to be a mathematician.

Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.

But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation.

My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid.

No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.

Yeah, my drum programming especially is based on my knowledge of playing a drum kit. For the bass too, definitely. It was the first thing that I translated any sort of ideas through. It must have shaped it somehow.

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.

A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.

Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience.