Knowledge Quotes

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Through neglect, ignorance, or inability, the new intellectual Borgias cram hairballs down our throats and refuse us the convulsion that could make us well. They… — Ray Bradbury
But often, in the worldâ€™s most crowded streets, But often, in the din of strife, There rises an unspeakable desire After the knowledge of our… — Matthew Arnold
Let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler; but let my soul be as a temple of… — George Eliot
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than… — Samuel Johnson
Knowledge is devalued when it becomes too generally known — Thomas M. Disch
The earth was warm under me, and warm as I crumbled it through my fingers...I kept as still as I could. Nothing happened. I did… — Willa Cather
Knowledge without labor is profitless. Knowledge with labor is genius. — Gordon B. Hinckley
We are in a great school, and we should be diligent to learn, and continue to store up the knowledge of heaven and of earth,… — Brigham Young
Noble and great. Courageous and determined. Faithful and fearless. That is who you are and who you have always been. And understanding it can change… — Sheri L. Dew
Some things aren't meant to be known. Only believed. — Mary E. Pearson
Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man. — William Wordsworth
Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education...is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character. — David O. McKay
If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. — Oscar Wilde
I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that gift of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.… — C.S. Lewis
Take a Nicodemus and put a Joseph Smith's spirit in him, and what do you have? Take a Da Vinci or a Michelangelo or a… — Brigham Young
The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very humble. We must… — W. Somerset Maugham
For myself, I am interested in science and in philosophy only because I want to learn something about the riddle of the world in which… — Karl Popper
It is by no means certain that we advance our philosophical quest by reading Plato or Aristotle. It may increase our knowledge of history but… — Jostein Gaarder
Knowledge that is acquired is not like this. Those who have it worry if audiences like it or not. It's a bait for popularity. Disputational… — Unknown Author

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