Quotes about Knowledge

133 quotes about Knowledge

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about knowledge

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about knowledge

You never know what is enough until you know what is more...

You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.

Quote by William Blake about knowledge

You cannot open a book without learning something

You cannot open a book without learning something

Quote by Confucius about knowledge

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

Quote by Aristotel about knowledge

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson about knowledge

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like...

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Quote by Dante Alighieri about knowledge

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the...

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.

Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge

Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.

Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge

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.

Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge

To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance.

Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge

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.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about knowledge

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth...

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about knowledge

What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught...

What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught now, and I'd like to help impart that knowledge to a new generation of players.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about knowledge

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Quote by Francis Bacon about knowledge

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about knowledge

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall, ...

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall, the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

Quote by Francis Bacon about knowledge

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Quote by Francis Bacon about knowledge

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of...

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

Quote by Pearl Bailey about knowledge

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