Quotes of: Useless-knowledge Keyword

Foresight of phenomenon and power over them depend on knowledge of their sequences, and not upon any notion we may have formed respecting their origin or inmost nature.

Auguste Comte And Positivism

A working knowledge of the devil can be very well had from resisting him.

The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

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.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Knowledge was like candy: you never turned it down, especially if you didn't have to work too hard to get it.

House of Dark Shadows

Lady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion.

Holy Bible: King James Version

Who knows more about male weakness: you or me? Use my knowledge, Sage.

The Indigo Spell

...books were portals into worlds she yearned to know, whether they be ponderous volumes crammed with accumulated knowledge or whimsical fantasies featuring magical creatures.

Jagannath

Knowledge & understanding mixed with ones convictions of 'experience' is hardly impositional". ~R. Alan Woods [2012]

The Journey Is The Destination: A Photo Journal

Anyone who said money didn't matter had never had to count the coins that fell between the cushions of the couch.

Key of Knowledge

Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection.

Known and Unknown: A Memoir

Science is the one human activity that is truly progressive. The body of positive knowledge is transmitted from generation to generation.

The Realm of the Nebulae

Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

The Republic

Then we shan’t regard anyone as a lover of knowledge or wisdom who is fussy about what he studies…

The Republic and Other Works

The would-be sorcerer alone has faith in the efficacy of pure knowledge; rational people know that things act of themselves or not at all.

Shadow & Claw

Unless we take that first step into the unknown, we will never know our own potential!

The Master's Sacred Knowledge

Note To Self! I will stay calm and relaxed no matter what confronts me today, tomorrow and everyday forth!

The Master's Sacred Knowledge

The mind of man can only teach what he has learned from others. It is how you use that knowledge that will decide who you are.

Moonlight on the Nantahala

Her searches after knowledge were arbitrary and without context. It was as if she were shining a small flashlight of curiosity into the dark room of the world.

Marilyn

I’m a fountain of knowledge, like a water fountain, only thirstier. And quenchier.

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

Knowledge is talkative, refuses to shut up.. Wisdom is so subtle, refuses to be invisible..

Nucleus - Power Women: Lead from the Core

People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening.

The Laughing Corpse