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Knowledge Quotes
"It is probably safe to say that all the changes of factual knowledge which have led to the relativity theory, resulting in a very great theoretical development, are completely trivial from any point of view except their relevance to the structure of a theoretical system."
"We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about."
"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance."
"He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants."
"There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation."
"Scientific knowledge is in perpetual evolution; it finds itself changed from one day to the next."
"Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again."
"It is interesting that we know how the world and the planetary systems work, but we don't know how we think and why we are conscious."
"Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed."
"His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof."
"One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises."
"The knowledge that we have about what it is to be human that we have as a child is something we necessarily must lose."
"International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge."
"The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant."
"A day with a sage will save you a thousand of study."
"Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries."
"There is a general knowledge that I am multi-dimensional, that when you are creative you do a lot of things."
"With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly think today of making my first flight on a strange machine in a twenty-seven mile wind, even if I knew that the machine had already been flown and was safe."
"Knowledge will help you to solve any problem."
"The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder."
"I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed."
"Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?"
"Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children."
"The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge."
"Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world."
"You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily."
"The future of the world, dependent as it is upon atomic energy, requires more understanding and knowledge about the atom."
"Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down."
"I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap."
"He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him."
"The absolute dependence of a newborn infant inspired many things in me, but it did not activate any magical knowledge about what to do for the next twenty years."
"The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge."
"The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of the reciprocal interaction of new factual insights and knowledge on the one hand with changes in the theoretical system on the other."
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing."
"Understanding of divine truths preserves and protects a man in any situation."
"Only ignorance makes us put up with defeat, then instead of being exalted we are humiliated."
"The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold."
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