Quotes of: General-knowledge Keyword

I can't imagine why knowledge, truth and love should be so much of a secret

Lloyd Alexander

When I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imperfect knowledge.

Milton H. Erickson

But need alone is not enough to set power free: there must be knowledge.

A Wizard of Earthsea

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.

Elizabeth Hardwick

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

Henry Ford

When you go into the studio or get up on the stage with people who have more experience or knowledge, you learn.

Jake Shimabukuro

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.

Thomas Malthus

The existence of inherent limits of experience in no way settles the question about the subordination of facts of the human world to our knowledge of matter.

Wilhelm Dilthey

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

George Bernard Shaw

Many in the world are searching, often intensely, for a source of refreshment that will quench their yearning for meaning and direction in their lives. They crave a cool, satisfying drink of insight and knowledge that will soothe their parched souls.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.

Jose Marti

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

Ang Lee

I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me.

Kurt Russell

Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.

Chuck Berry

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

Ilya Ehrenburg

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.

Edith Hamilton

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

Khalil Gibran

Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.

Dan Farmer

It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.

Frederick Sanger

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

John Cheever

It's my job to know what's available from every retailer, catalog, website, antiques mall, and craftsperson. A good designer or decorator has to have an almost encyclopedic knowledge.

Nate Berkus