Gathered Debate Quote by Jonathan Safran Foer

“He was told that it was impossible, that America was not a place for shtetls, and that his plan would surely fail. It almost…

— Shulem Deen

“A powerful wind swept through the shtetl, making it whistle. Those studying obscure texts in dimly lit rooms looked up. Lovers making amends and…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.”

— David Hume

“Those who speak know nothing. Those who know are silent.”

— Cristina Garcia

“Everybody knew everything now. Or did everybody know nothing? Nobody knew anything... Nobody could know everything.”

— Antonia Michaelis

“Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.”

— Blaise Pascal

“They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”

— Talleyrand

“What has been done is little—scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past. And our…

— Agnes Mary Clerke

“Then there were so many things to be said that they did not speak of any of them.”

— Milton Steinberg

“they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing; they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing;”

— Marshall McLuhan

“Nothing has been discovered, nothing has been invented. We can only know that we know nothing. And that's the highest degree of human wisdom.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“No one know for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue.”

— Jay Asher