Books Quote by Thomas de Quincey

There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the…

— Thomas de Quincey

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

— John Locke

The improvement of the understanding is for two ends; first, for our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver and make…

— John Locke

Some literature is knowledge, some is just data. But if I can get a "happy" ending - which is when for the characters I'm…

— Toni Morrison

There are companies like Facebook that wield tremendous power over how Americans understand the world. Do they have a social responsibility now? That's the…

— Haroon Moghul

I don't feel like literature has the power to alienate. I think that's something people feel if they don't connect with a work of…

— Eleanor Catton

“There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis…

— George Washington

Literature has the power to change lives, minds, and hearts.

— Anonymous

“The man who does not read miss a great literature of knowledge. You must dare to read and reread.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

What I teach is literary criticism and comparative literature and so on and that's my function, but from time to time it's possible for…

— Wole Soyinka

[Islam] Leaves no room of human legislation in an Islamic state, because herein all legislative functions vest in God and the only function left…

— Abul A'la Maududi

To an ever greater extent out experience is governed by pictures, pictures in newspapers and magazines, on television and in the cinema. Next to…

— Douglas Crimp