Knowledge Quotes

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Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. — Louis Pasteur
Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the… — Ron Paul
Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile… — Ron Paul
Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferson, Madison, and Washington… — Ron Paul
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas. — Linus Pauling
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire. — William Penn
My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service. — Sonny Perdue
A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know. — Laurence J. Peter
It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth. — Jean Piaget
This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of human knowledge. — Jean Piaget
Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is… — Jean Piaget
Academics lack perspective. In a debate on whether the world is round, they would argue, 'No,' because it's an oblate spheroid. They suffer from 'the… — Steven Pinker
Though knowledge itself increasingly ignores boundaries between fields, professors are apt to organize their pedagogy around the methods and history of their academic subculture rather… — Steven Pinker
Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing… — Robert M. Pirsig
Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions. — Robert M. Pirsig
A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a… — Max Planck
Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view. — Max Planck
Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge. — John Charles Polanyi
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon. — Alexander Pope
Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. — Alexander Pope

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