Quotes by Knowledge Were I asked to define it, I should reply that archeology is that science which enables us to register and classify our knowledge of the sum of man's achievement in those arts and handicrafts whereby he has, in time past, signalized his passage from barbarism to civilization. Amelia B. Edwards scienceknowledgeart I know enough now to know I know nothing. Amy Poehler enoughknowsknowledge The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. Anais Nin life-lessonspiritualknowledge If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I will never know happiness. For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation. Anais Nin feverhappinessknowledge To gain knowledge, we must learn to ask the right questions; and to get answers, we must act, not wait for answers to occur to us. Anatol Rapoport waitinganswersknowledge I am a physician. I keep a drug-shop of lies. I give relief, consolation. Can one console and relieve without lying? ... Only women and doctors know how necessary and how helpful lies are to men. Anatole France sciencelyingknowledge It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be. Anatole France mindheartknowledge Men are not created to know, men are not created to understand ... and our illusions increase with our knowledge. Anatole France menscienceknowledge I think if you've suffered, if you've experienced loss, you're probably more open to understanding it and more comfortable talking about it and experiencing it. Anderson Cooper lossknowledgethinking I'm not trying to be something that I'm not. I'm just trying to be myself and talk about what I know, and admit what I don't know. Anderson Cooper knowstryingknowledge I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible. Anderson Cooper peopleknowledgethinking Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. Andre Gide learningcommunicationknowledge Either one or the other [analysis or synthesis] may be direct or indirect. The direct procedure is when the point of departure is known-direct synthesis in the elements of geometry. By combining at random simple truths with each other, more complicated ones are deduced from them. This is the method of discovery, the special method of inventions, contrary to popular opinion. Andre-Marie Ampere simplescienceknowledge The mechanist is intimately convinced that a precise knowledge of the chemical constitution, structure, and properties of the various organelles of a cell will solve biological problems. This will come in a few centuries. For the time being, the biologist has to face such concepts as orienting forces or morphogenetic fields. Owing to the scarcity of chemical data and to the complexity of life, and despite the progresses of biochemistry, the biologist is still threatened with vertigo. Andre Michel Lwoff cellsscienceknowledge Wisdom is not about what you know, but how you know it. If knowledge is a measure of the grasp an individual has of a given subject, wisdom is a measure of his grip. Does he hold his ideas lightly or loosely? Will he let go when they show signs of wear or inappropriateness? Andrew Hargadon letting-goideasknowledge If the world operates as one big market, every employee will compete with every person anywhere in the world who is capable of doing the same job. There are lots of them and many of them are hungry Andy Grove learningjobsknowledge There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you're faced with somebody whose needs won't be put off. Angela Carter brushesknowledgeneeds There's a theory, one I find persuasive, that the quest for knowledge is, at bottom, the search for the answer to the question: Where was I before I was born. In the beginning was what? Perhaps, in the beginning, there was a curious room, a room like this one, crammed with wonders; and now the room and all it contains are forbidden you, although it was made just for you, had been prepared for you since time began, and you will spend all your life trying to remember it. Angela Carter curiositylifeknowledge What we learn for the sake of knowing, we hold; what we learn for the sake of accomplishing some ulterior end, we forget as soon as that end has been gained. This, too, is automatic action in the constitution of the mind itself, and it is fortunate and merciful that it is so, for otherwise our minds would be soon only rubbish-rooms. Anna Brackett learningknowingknowledge many things I knew, I have forgotten; many things I thought I knew, I find I know nothing about; some things I know, I have found not worth knowing; and some things I would give - O what would one not give to know? are beyond the reach of human ken. Anna Letitia Barbauld knowinggivingknowledge«1234567891011»
