Knowledge Quote by Nat Greene

Knowledge can be a subtle curse. When we learn about the world, we also learn all the reasons why the world cannot be changed.…

— Jonah Lehrer

The Curse of Knowledge: when we are given knowledge, it is impossible to imagine what it's like to LACK that knowledge.

— Chip Heath

“Knowledge curses us, if we find it hard to imagine what it was like not to know it. And it becomes difficult to share…

— Chip Heath and Dan Heath

“Knowledge can be a curse. The moment you gain it, you thirst for more.”

— Ameera Al Hakawati

“What is most of our boasted so-called knowledge but a conceit that we know something, which robs us of the advantage of our actual…

— Henry David Thoreau

Knowledge is a collective enterprise. Without it understanding is impossible. Ignorance is too often a murderous vulnerability.

— Jane Rule

Knowledge is devalued when it becomes too generally known

— Thomas M. Disch

Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves.

— Josh Billings

“The burden of knowledge is lighter than the joy of ignorance.”

— Ogwo David Emenike

Although humankind inherently "desires to know", if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction,…

— Bill Joy

Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber.

— Terry Pratchett

“We can't unlearn what we already know and there are only two ways to beat the curse, the first is not to learn anything,…

— Chip Heath and Dan Heath