Quotes of: Useless-knowledge Keyword

The main force pushing toward reduction in inequality has always been the diffusion of knowledge and the diffusion of education.

Thomas Piketty

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

William Shakespeare

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

Irving Babbitt

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.

Lady Bird Johnson

Knowledge is generally considered a good thing; so, presumably, knowing more about how the U.S. thinks and operates around the world is also good.

Peter Singer

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Novalis

Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.

Edwin Louis Cole

All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.

Alan Bennett

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.

Ambrose Bierce

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.

Alexis Carrel

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.

Alison Gopnik

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

Anais Nin

I like down-to-Earth characters, but I also like being able to get outside my box of knowledge.

Britt Robertson

There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.

Charles Babbage

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

Carl Jung

Knowledge is more important than life. We've only one excuse for existing, to think, to find out, to learn.

Charles Lederer

I made mistakes. I let other people influence me and make decisions, sometimes without my knowledge.

Cathy Moriarty

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

Confucius

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

Daniel J. Boorstin

While many hackers have the knowledge, skills, and tools to attack computer systems, they generally lack the motivation to cause violence or severe economic or social harm.

Dorothy Denning

Indeed, the most important product of knowledge is ignorance.

David Gross