History Quote by Rush Limbaugh

“Could mankind declare it was truly wise? Did man know everything on earth, or would he ever? Certainly not!”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

Nobody knows anything, but I, knowing nothing, am the smartest man in the world.

— Socrates

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

— Leo Tolstoy

Since the rise of Homo sapiens, human beings have been the smartest minds around. But very shortly - on a historical scale, that is…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

Smart people don't learn... because they have too much invested in proving what they know and avoiding being seen as not knowing.

— Chris Argyris

We're in a world now where it's not enough to be smart. You have to be curious.

— Barry Diller

We are entering a period of human history that may provide an answer to the question of whether it is better to be smart…

— Noam Chomsky

Is Knowledge knowable? If not, how do we know?

— Woody Allen

[Smart] is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains…

— Bill Gates

“that general knowledge was not a true measure of intelligence as it only reflected crystalized intelligence and recall and not fluid intelligence and problem…

— Kierney Scott

Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are simply extending the intelligence that comes to and constitutes…

— Huston Smith

Maybe we're the fools, for thinking we know things. Maybe humans are the only ones who can deal with the fact that nothing can…

— Orson Scott Card