Collective wisdom Quote by Umberto Eco Download Open image “Libraries have always been humanities' way of preserving its collective wisdom” — Umberto Eco ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Collective wisdom Collectives Humanity Library Way Wisdom Wise
“Libraries are innately subversive institutions, born of the radical notion that every member of society deserves free, high-quality access to knowledge and culture.” — Matt Finch Copy Share Image
There is something almost sacred about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom, the learning, and the pondering of men… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
As the strata of the earth preserve in succession the living creatures of past epochs, so the shelves of libraries preserve in succession the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society. — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
Libraries never let us forget who we are, for their worth stands by the knowledge they keep and save for us. — Virginia Hamilton Copy Share Image
Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity. — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
“Library is direction where wisdom start and ignorance end.” — Abid Hussain Library Officer Copy Share Image
To those with ears to hear, libraries are really very noisy places. On their shelves we hear the captured voices of the centuries-old conversation… — Timothy Healy Copy Share Image
The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no… — John Redwood Copy Share Image
The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks… — Barbara Bush Copy Share Image
I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“This has nothing to do with realism (even if it explains also realism). A completely real world can be constructed, in which asses fly… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“…there’s nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one’s own heart...” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Listening doesn't mean trying to understand. Anything, however trifling, may be of use one day. What matters is to know something that others don't… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The secret of literature, which conventional people don't guess, is that writers are forever looking for the surprising revelation - not for reinforcement of… — Carol Bly Copy Share Image
I'm really lucky to have colleagues in the White House press corps who are both amazing mothers and amazing journalists. Their collective wisdom has… — Hallie Jackson Copy Share Image
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
The anchor of all my dreams is the collective wisdom of mankind as a whole. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Democracies, as we know, are prone to every error from incompetence and corruption to misguided fetishes and gridlock. Therefore, it is astonishing, in a… — Madeleine K. Albright Copy Share Image
I also believe that at a critical point (more than six people?), that collective wisdom turns into group think. — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
“Sirius is the Hidden God or "the sun behind the sun". As the moon reflects the sun, so does the sun reflect Sirius. This… — Preston Nichols and Peter Moon Copy Share Image
Nothing is more senseless than to base so many expectations on the state, that is, to assume the existence of collective wisdom and foresight… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
