Quotes of: Von Keyword

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.

Brigham Young

There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary to be a mathematician.

Daniel Bernoulli

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.

DeWitt Clinton

Certainly, it may bring to light such a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter as to constitute a veritable discontinuity in the progress of science.

Ernest Lawrence

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

John Perry Barlow

We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon itself.

Leon Jouhaux

To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the development and application of knowledge and skills.

Martin Rees

Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will be harmful.

Pierre Curie

The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness.

Robert Delaunay

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

Robert Andrews Millikan

Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody.

Seth Lloyd

His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.

William Shenstone

As long as there are people who are not happy with their lot in life, as long as the United States is perceived to somehow be the cause of this unhappiness, there will be terrorism.

Cofer Black

With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view that the struggle for existence is a permanent and necessary condition of life.

Frederick Soddy

Retarding the aging process would be therapy and enhancement because it would mean defeating diseases and because it would extend our life span.

Gregory Stock

Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life.

John Varvatos

My life often feels like a whirling dervish of kids, writing, speaking, and pastoral ministry.

Kevin DeYoung

Man - life in general - seems irrelevant to the workings of the universe: a mere smudge of water, grease, and carbon on a pinpoint planet circling a star of no special consequence.

Leonard Susskind

I worked with him for ten years until he died and it was the most wonderful time of my life.

Mark Oliphant

That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be no distinguishable individuals of a species.

Richard Owen

Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.

Walter Annenberg