Knowledge is devalued when it becomes too generally known

Although it is generally known, I think it's about time to announce that I was born at a very early age.

— Douglas Horton

Nothing is more generally known than our duties which belong to Christianity; and yet, how amazing is it, nothing is less practiced?

— George Whitefield

“In its vulgar way, a painstaking piece of work, although one must always remember—something often forgotten today—that because things are generally known, they are…

— Anthony Powell

Women are so policed and devalued and dehumanized when it comes to the work they do.

— Janet Mock

“This is the Software Paradox: the most powerful disruptor we have ever seen and the creator of multibillion-dollar net new markets is being commercially…

— Stephen O’Grady

“Women know intuitively when they are being devalued. (121)”

— Robyn Silverman

Maniacs of Procreation, bipeds with devalued faces, we have lost all appeal for each other.

— Emile M. Cioran

I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate profit.

— Lisa Bonet

I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.

— Augusto Pinochet

Things have become devalued to the point where people don't realize the repercussions, that they're devaluing themselves. It could end up bringing about chaos,…

— Marilyn Manson

The ability to read becomes devalued when what one has learned to read adds nothing of importance to one's life.

— Bruno Bettelheim

The use of market values and technology as a social barometer has devalued the worth of individuals, rendered irrelevant the quality of their lives,…

— Sulak Sivaraksa

“Reluctance devalues aptitude”

— Munia Khan

When someone you loved finds no flattery in the gift you gave them then you must ask yourself, What was worth loving?

— Shannon Alder

“A lot of people haven't realized how big knitting is. They still associate it with grandmothers and pregnancy."   "In other words, with desexualized…

— Shira Glassman