Quotes of: Useless-knowledge Keyword

Frequently, I have been asked if an experiment I have planned is pure or applied science; to me it is more important to know if the experiment will yield new and probably enduring knowledge about nature. If it is likely to yield such knowledge, it is...

Life

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

Thomas Reid

Stuff your brain with knowledge.

Karl Lagerfeld

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

Lao Tzu

Nothing is so deceiving as knowledge.

Marty Rubin

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

George Santayana

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.

William Glasser

I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.

William Glasser

The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

Leonardo da Vinci

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

Joseph Wood Krutch

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Francis Bacon

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Francis Bacon

I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge.

Fred Wilson

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Jimi Hendrix

Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

John Charles Polanyi

If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.

Karel Capek

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.

Michel de Montaigne

The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

To my knowledge, there's never been a scientist in the U.S. Senate.

Peter Agre

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

Wilbur Wright