Quotes of: Hill Keyword

Most scientific revelations happened after the pursuit of knowledge quit being secret and hermetic.

John Perry Barlow

One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine.

Jean-Francois Lyotard

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Jane Porter

Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.

Matthew Arnold

Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.

Milton Friedman

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man.

Phyllis McGinley

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Samuel Johnson

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.

Sally Ride

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.

Thomas a Kempis

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

Terry Pratchett

In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation.

Viswanathan Anand

When you're going off to prison for the rest of your life, a lot of people do feel the need to explain themselves to all the people they have known.

Bryan Burrough

Competing in show jumping is a school of life. And it's one of the few Olympic sports where men and women are equal.

Charlotte Casiraghi

I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.

Carine Roitfeld

I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.

Cristina Saralegui

We take ourselves so seriously moment by moment, but India shows you a sense of eternity. You're one little ant on a hill. You're part of life, but you're not the whole thing.

Felicity Kendal

One of my weaknesses happens to be lying, and I could tell you that I'm never going to lie again in my life, but that would be a lie.

Jayson Blair

Life isn't a 24/7 merry go round. If it were, you wouldn't get the 7 hours of sleep necessary to keep you fit and sane.

Jacqueline Leo

I had a husband who stayed with me, and small children, and I had no choice but to pull myself together and rebuild a different kind of life. There was no other choice.

Kimberly Quinn

I don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.

Patrick Swayze

Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees.

Paul Weyrich