Scholar Quotes

426 quotes by 337 authors

Children, bored and opinionated, are scholars of the most dogmatic stripe. — Nick Harkaway
You'll enjoy it. There is much you can learn from books and scrolls," said Jeod. He gestured at the walls. "These books are my friends,… — Christopher Paolini
A scholar can never let mere wrongness get in the way of the theory. — China Mieville
What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart… — Jane Yolen
Students and scholars of all kinds and of every age aim, as a rule, only at information, not insight. They make it a point of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is fashionable in some academic circles to exercise scholarly criticism of the Bible. In so doing, scholars place themselves above the Bible and seek… — R C Sproul
Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Really rather fascinating, you know,' he confided, and I recognized, with an internal sigh, the song of the scholar, as identifying a sound as the… — Diana Gabaldon
The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith. — Confucius
â€¦â€¦, but as I am a scholar I feel obliged to document what it is like here, most of the time, between the dramatic climaxes.… — Margaret Edson
Why does a literary scholar study the world of "fiction"? To show us that the facts can never be understood except in communion with the… — Parker J. Palmer
The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research. — Stephen King
Itâ€™s better to be sworn to an honest fool than to a lying scholar — Christopher Paolini
I soon began to sense a fundamental perceptual difficulty among male scholars (and some female ones) for which 'sexism' is too facile a term. It… — Adrienne Rich
Scholars do one of two things when they discover information that doesn't fit what they already know. Either they sweep it aside so it doesn't… — Deborah Harkness
Any librarian or scholar will tell you: Close is not the same as accurate. — Libba Bray
A lover asked his beloved, Do you love yourself more than you love me? Beloved replied, I have died to myself and I live for… — Unknown Author
I have a scholar's love of silence and solitude. To sit and pass hour after hour in idle chatter with a roomful of strangers is… — Susanna Clarke
It is for Muslim scholars to study the whole history of Islamic science completely and not only the chapters and periods which influenced Western science.… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr

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