Quotes of: General-knowledge Keyword

I think all the knowledge and all the travels that I've done, I'm going to do a lot of great work in the future.

Chris Tucker

I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.

Wayne Knight

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.

Arthur Conan Doyle

I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.

Alexander the Great

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.

Alexander the Great

Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery.

Arthur Machen

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

Anne Sullivan

Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.

Abraham Verghese

As the knowledge around personalized medicine continues to grow, consumers should expect their healthcare providers to begin to incorporate genetic information into their treatments and preventative care.

Anne Wojcicki

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.

Benjamin Carson

A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and then he sees and knows.

Carlos Castaneda

We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard.

Clifford Geertz

Contempt for China on the part of the enemy is his weak point. Knowledge of this weak point is our strong point.

Chiang Kai-shek

It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.

Daniel Barenboim

If you know your life chances are greatly reduced, should you be in a position to take out life insurance if that knowledge is not available to the insurers?

David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville

Knowledge is exploding, so you need to commit yourself to a plan for lifelong learning.

Don Tapscott

The fundamental proposition of the apriorist theory is that knowledge is made up of two sorts of elements, which cannot be reduced into one another, and which are like two distinct layers superimposed one upon the other.

Emile Durkheim

The introduction of many minds into many fields of learning along a broad spectrum keeps alive questions about the accessibility, if not the unity, of knowledge.

Edward Levi

The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now.

Edward Tufte

It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly.

Emma Thompson

If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.

Felix Adler