Knowledge Quotes

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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. — Mark Twain
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. — Mark Twain
It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races. — Mark Twain
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know. — Mark Twain
I'm always pursuing knowledge; I'm a seeker of spiritual equilibrium - and music is a big part of that. — Steve Vai
I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price… — Bill Veeck
Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism… — Jesse Ventura
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. — Leonardo da Vinci
Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge. — Leonardo da Vinci
All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions. — Leonardo da Vinci
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. — Swami Vivekananda
There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of… — George Washington
All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God. — Voltaire
Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. — Voltaire
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. — Voltaire
I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the… — Jimmy Wales
What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge… — Jimmy Wales
I think it's a mistake to treat different realms of knowledge as if they are some how fundamentally the same. — Jimmy Wales
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're… — Jimmy Wales
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge. — Alice Walker

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