Learning & Education: Knowledge Quotes

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"The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some of us, when the outline of this science will be clearly made out and generally recognised, when its nomenclature will be fixed, and its principles form a part of elementary instruction"

Nassau William Senior, Economist

"Our object in these remarks has been not only to account for the slow progress which has as yet been made by Political Economy, and to suggest means by which its advancement may be accelerated, but also to warn the reader of the nature of the following Treatise"

Nassau William Senior, Economist

"The frontiers of knowledge in the various fields of our subject are expanding at such a rate that, work as hard as one can, one finds oneself further and further away from an understanding of the whole"

James Meade, Economist

"My interest in economics has always been in the whole corpus of economic theory, the interrelationships between the various fields of theory and their relevance for the formulation of economic policy"

James Meade, Economist

"I have learned as much in the last three years as in any other comparable period of my life, but with an added realisation of how little, over a half century of study, one has in fact managed to learn of the whole range of economic policy issues"

James Meade, Economist

"I like geography. I like to know where places are"

Tom Felton, Actor

"The danger is that if you have a bunch of ideas that you forget to use"

Adrian Lyne, Director

"Specific knowledge is found by pursuing your genuine curiosity and passion rather than whatever is hot right now"

Naval Ravikant, Entrepreneur

"The introduction of many minds into many fields of learning along a broad spectrum keeps alive questions about the accessibility, if not the unity, of knowledge"

Edward Levi, Public Servant

"I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and Contra initiatives"

Fawn Hall, Celebrity

"The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way"

Jimmy Wales, Businessman

"We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts"

Tavis Smiley, Author

"And I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in Hong Kong for another year and a half, interviewing people coming out of China, both Westerners and Chinese. And that was my first real research study on thought reform or so-called brainwashing"

Robert Jay Lifton, Psychologist

"I know what the structure of the language is"

Kurt Loder, Journalist

"Projective geometry is all geometry"

Arthur Cayley, Mathematician

"I don't think many people have ever read the report. Who has read 26 volumes of this case? How many read the summary? If you read the summary, it takes a long time"

John Sherman Cooper, Politician

"Over the last two years, I have been able to comb through The Prince's archives. I have been free to read his journals, diaries and many thousands of the letters"

Jonathan Dimbleby, Writer

"We focus upon pairs of words very often, which are the same in some areas and different in other areas"

William Labov, Writer

"While only about half of the voters feel they know very much about Reagan or what he stands for, the Republicans who do have a very positive perception of him"

Robert Teeter, Politician

"I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger"

Edmond About, Novelist

"This paper was one of my digressions into abstract economics"

William Vickrey, Educator

"And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind"

Francis Wright, Activist

"Everyone, young and old, must have access to the knowledge and skills to participate in the evolving economy"

James H. Douglas, Politician

"In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally"

Harry Houdini, Entertainer

"The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves"

John Dos Passos, Novelist

"The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains, not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals"

Ellsworth Huntington, Educator

"Common folk didn't have last names in the 8th and 9th centuries"

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Writer

"If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally"

Gijs de Vries, Politician

"Basically, I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library"

Michelle Rodriguez, Actress

"I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates"

Juan Cole, Educator

"Here before us was sufficient evidence to show that it really was an entrance to a tomb, and by the seals, to all outward appearances that it was intact"

Howard Carter, Scientist

"I have spoken to expert audiences occasionally, but then no audience is expert over the whole range of things I want to explore"

David Antin, Poet

"If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path"

Fran Drescher, Actress

"When I was about I'd say, 18 or 19 years old, I wanted to be a part of the CIA just because they know those intimate secrets... So I was just always into knowing. I like to know things"

Michelle Rodriguez, Actress

"I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination"

Chris Cooper, Actor

"Occasionally I'll watch Fox News for as long as I can tolerate it, or CNN. I'll watch until I get infuriated, but you got to know what they're talking about and what they're not talking about"

David Cross, Comedian

"I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country, and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans"

Beau Bridges, Actor

"I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject"

Bernice Johnson Reagon, Musician

"To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence"

Ann Plato, Writer

"I am never afraid of what I know"

Anna Sewell, Writer

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