Short quotations about, knowledge - Page 2

Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, 1845

To be conscious that you are ignora…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. Great short quote and quotation by: Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, 1845 , British politician (1804 – 1881)

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To wisdom belongs the intellectual …

13 Oct , 2011  

To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal. Great short quote and quotation by: Saint Augustine , Carthaginian author, saint, & church father (354 AD – 430 AD)

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True knowledge exists in knowing th…

13 Oct , 2011  

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. Great short quote and quotation by: Socrates , Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC)

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We are drowning in information and …

15 Feb , 2011  

We are drowning in information and starved for knowledge. Great short quote and quotation by: Unknown , Quotations by unknown authors

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We are here and it is now. Further …

15 Feb , 2011  

We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine. Great short quote and quotation by: H. L. Mencken , US editor (1880 – 1956)

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We are here and it is now. Further …

15 Feb , 2011  

We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine. Great short quote and quotation by: H. L. Mencken , US editor (1880 – 1956)

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We find it hard to apply the knowle…

15 Feb , 2011  

We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are never of one kind, that we never love without reservations and never hate with all our being cannot prevent us from seeing others as wholly black or white. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric […]

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Maria Mitchell

We have a hunger of the mind which …

15 Feb , 2011  

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us; and the more we gain, the more is our desire. The more we see, the more we are capable of seeing. Great short quote and quotation by: Maria Mitchell ,

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Gerald Weinberg, "The Psychology of Computer Programming"

We have come through a strange cycl…

15 Feb , 2011  

We have come through a strange cycle in programming, starting with the creation of programming itself as a human activity. Executives with the tiniest smattering of knowledge assume that anyone can write a program, and only now are programmers beginning to win their battle for recognition as true professionals. Not just anyone, with any background, […]

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George F. Will

We know next to nothing about virtu…

15 Feb , 2011  

We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge. Great short quote and quotation by: George F. Will , US editor, commentator, & columnist […]

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We know accurately only when we kno…

15 Feb , 2011  

We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge doubt increases. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)

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We know very little, and yet it is …

15 Feb , 2011  

We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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