Knowledge Quotes

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The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society. — William Wordsworth
Self knowledge is always bad news. — John Barth
Through logic and inference we can prove anything. Therefore, logic and inference, in contrast to ordinary daily living experience, are secondary instruments of knowledge. Probably… — Edward Abbey
One must be reasonable in one's demands on life. For myself, all that I ask is: (1) accurate information; (2) coherent knowledge; (3) deep understanding;… — Edward Abbey
Americans of all ages, all stations of life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations...In democratic countries knowledge of how to combine is… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that of generating in… — Thomas Paine
For hours she danced and sang and flirted and did this thing that's-she did Marilyn Monroe. And then there was the inevitable drop. And when… — Richard Avedon
Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber. — Terry Pratchett
Dr. Brainard Keyes Bullard, President of Wyandotte College, said in an address tonight that most of the worlds ills can be traced to the fact… — Kurt Vonnegut
Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism Iraq in cynical money-making. And there's no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge. Our… — Kurt Vonnegut
It is vital to remember that information - in the sense of raw data - is not knowledge, that knowledge is not wisdom, and that… — Arthur C. Clarke
We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to jump off. The books are to remind us what… — Ray Bradbury
Our knowledge of the historical worth of certain religious doctrines increases our respect for them, but does not invalidate our proposal that they should cease… — Sigmund Freud
There can be no doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience. — Immanuel Kant
I have no knowledge of myself as I am, but merely as I appear to myself. — Immanuel Kant
To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the… — John Quincy Adams
Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race. — Margaret Sanger
Knowledge is no longer an immobile solid; it has been liquefied. it is actively moving in all the currents of society itself — John Dewey
The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge… — John Milton
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the… — Oliver Goldsmith

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