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Knowledge Quotes

What you know is worth passing on.

A couple of these come from scientific reflection on how much can really be known at once, while another argues knowledge is meant to be shared, not kept. For more on formal learning, see our Education quotes.

Let me put it this way: There is nothing in Islam that is fundamentally against the quest for knowledge.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

Personally, I have been enriched by my experiences in Egypt and America, and feel fortunate to have been endowed with a true passion for knowledge.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

I'd like to see people pay attention to the science of hip hop. The knowledge part, the political side of what hip hop could do, or where hip hop is gonna go. I always say it's gonna become universal as...

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

The Greeks first identified the Amazons ethnographically, as a nation of men and women distinguished by something outstanding in their gender relations. Later, any ambivalence or anxiety that knowledge of this alternative gender-neutral culture evoked among Greeks was played out...

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

Education Quotes

Many scholars are not used to perceiving natural knowledge expressed in mythological language. If the study of fossils was not mentioned by Aristotle or Thucydides, and it wasn't, then it just didn't exist for many classicists and ancient historians.

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

I have discovered that if you take all the places of Greek myths, those specific locales turn out to be abundant fossil sites, but there is also a lot of natural knowledge embedded in those myths, showing that Greek perceptions...

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.

Quotes by Adam Weishaupt

In a crazy way, writing is a lot like any kind of very complex game - like chess, where you have the knowledge as you're composing all of the ramifications of each move, of each choice you make.

Quotes by Adam Ross

A largely unregulated Internet has created knowledge and wealth, but it's also long provided a medium for predatory, abusive and bullying behavior.

Quotes by Adam Ostrow

Good Quotes

I never had a traditional mentor. I know people who have been successful with a mentor, but I've never understood why I should limit myself to the knowledge and expertise of one person.

Quotes by Adam Neumann

The creation of the 'Goldie Scholars' program is an acknowledgment that knowledge isn't enough.

Quotes by Adam Lashinsky

The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.

Quotes by Adam Grant

I'm a liberal arts comedian and the definition of liberal arts is all spheres of human knowledge, coexisting, mixing and influencing each other.

Quotes by Adam Conover

I need to challenge myself and to try to improve my knowledge. That's my goal.

Quotes by Adam Conover

Life Quotes

At any point, the sum total of human knowledge is not, 'Here's the world as it is perfectly,' it's, 'Here's the best we know so far and we're always willing to be proven wrong.'

Quotes by Adam Conover

Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource is collaboration.

Quotes by Adam Braun

People always talk about the implication and applications of a process, but for me, the goal is purely about knowledge. Knowledge can become practical today, in 20 years, or in 500 years. Ask Newton. He didn't know there would be...

Quotes by Ada Yonath

When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.

Quotes by Abu Bakr

Me Quotes

Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

Quotes by Abu Bakr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote defining the uncertainty principle in terms of knowledge?
Yes - one quote explains that "The uncertainty principle refers to the degree of indeterminateness in the possible present knowledge of the simultaneous values of various quantities with which the quantum theory deals."
Is there a poetic line about knowledge being meant to share?
Yes - it says, "Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment."
Is there a quote about political identity and personal knowledge?
Yes - one quote states, "to my knowledge, I have never been overlooked or turned down for anything," despite being seen as a surprising conservative.
Is there a humble, self-deprecating quote about knowledge?
Yes - one quote admits to having "this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything," joking that's "why I'm an actor."
Where can I find more quotes about learning and education?
Take a look at our Education quotes, Life quotes, Good quotes, or Me quotes for related themes.

One is refreshingly modest about having a wide but shallow set of facts rather than deep expertise. Continue with Good quotes or Life quotes.