We Think We Know Quotes

41 quotes by 41 authors

My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we… — Martha Beck
Our vision is more obstructed by what we think we know than by our lack of knowledge. — Krister Stendahl
There is so much more to the things that we think we know from afar. The close you get the more complex it is, not… — Susan Meiselas
Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we… — Ted Chiang
Unequal Democracy is the sort of book to which every political scientist should aspire--it is methodologically rigorous, conceptually serious, and above all, it addresses urgent… — Robert D. Putnam
One of the pervasive risks that we face in the information age, as I wrote in the introduction, is that even if the amount of… — Nate Silver
It is hard to learn when we think we know something. — Peter Block
I have a profound belief in the power of the Sacraments. I believe that in a Divine way the use of them teaches the teachable… — Roland Allen
We must lose what we think we know so that we can come to see what we least expect. — Christopher Kimball
Ignorance is a treasure of infinite price that most men squander, when they should cherish its least fragments; some ruin it by educating themselves, others,… — Paul Valery
We Dutch, we like to have an opinion, a strong opinion. We think we know everything better. — Ruud Gullit
Nature is all that we think we know plus all that we don't know whether or not we know that we don't know it. — R. Buckminster Fuller
You know, the very strength of science is that it keeps us from the errors of mythos, from getting committed to a set of memes… — Tim Ward
Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey,… — Joe Namath
We feel much happier and more secure when we think we know precisely what to do, no matter what happens, then when we have lost… — William Kingdon Clifford
Grace is something that comes to us when we somehow find ourselves completely available, when we become openhearted and open-minded, and are willing to entertain… — Adyashanti
Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much… — Criss Jami
Today the greatest single deterrent to knowledge of Jesus is His familiarity. Because we think we know Him, we pass Him by. — Winifred Kirkland
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question. — Stephen Jay Gould
The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that… — Alice Hoffman

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