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|01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.'''<br /> | |01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)</cite> | ||
|02 = '''No man is wise enough by himself.''' | |02 = '''No man is wise enough by himself.''' | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Titus Maccius Plautus]] (254 BC - 184 BC), ''Miles Gloriosus''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Titus Maccius Plautus]] (254 BC - 184 BC), ''Miles Gloriosus''</cite> | ||
|03 = '''Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.''' | |03 = '''Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.''' | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Jackson Browne, ''Life's Little Instruction Book''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Jackson Browne, ''Life's Little Instruction Book''</cite> | ||
|04 = '''Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power).''' | |04 = '''Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power).''' | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]] (1561 - 1626), ''Religious Meditations, Of Heresies''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]] (1561 - 1626), ''Religious Meditations, Of Heresies''</cite> | ||
|05 = '''Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.'''<br /> | |05 = '''Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.'''<br /> | ||
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|06 = '''It is no good to try to stop [[knowledge]] from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.'''<br /> | |06 = '''It is no good to try to stop [[knowledge]] from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Enrico Fermi]] (1901–1954)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Enrico Fermi]] (1901–1954)</cite> | ||
| | |07 = '''There is only one good, [[knowledge]], and one evil, ignorance.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Socrates]] (469 BC - 399 BC), ''Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Socrates]] (469 BC - 399 BC), ''Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers''</cite> | ||
| | |08 = '''Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Dr. Benjamin Spock (1903–1998)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Dr. Benjamin Spock (1903–1998)</cite> | ||
| | |09 = '''A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)</cite> | ||
| | |10 = '''If you have [[knowledge]], let others light their [[candle]]s in it.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)</cite> | ||
| | |11 = '''A [[word]] after a word after a word is [[power]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Atwood]] (1939-)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Atwood]] (1939-)</cite> | ||
| | |12 = '''Writing is one of the most effective ways to develop thinking.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Syrene Forsman, ''Writing to Learn Means Learning to Think''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Syrene Forsman, ''Writing to Learn Means Learning to Think''</cite> | ||
| | |13 = '''Do not [[writing|write]] merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)</cite> | ||
| | |14 = '''Man's [[mind]] stretched to a new [[idea]] never goes back to its original dimensions.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Oliver Wendell Holmes]] (1809–1894)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Oliver Wendell Holmes]] (1809–1894)</cite> | ||
| | |15 = '''He who keeps on reviewing his old [[knowledge]] and acquiring new knowledge may become a [[teacher]] of others.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]</cite> | ||
| | |16 = '''All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), U.S. author. Letter (undated) to his daughter Frances Scott Fitzgerald. The Crack-Up, ed. Edmund Wilson (1945). [http://poemhunter.com/quotations/swimming/ Source.] </cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), U.S. author. Letter (undated) to his daughter Frances Scott Fitzgerald. The Crack-Up, ed. Edmund Wilson (1945). [http://poemhunter.com/quotations/swimming/ Source.] </cite> | ||
| | |17 = '''Who dares to [[teaching|teach]] must never cease to [[learning|learn]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— John Cotton Dana (1856–1929), American librarian and museum director.</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— John Cotton Dana (1856–1929), American librarian and museum director.</cite> | ||
| | |18 = '''[[Knowledge]] is like [[money]]: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Louis L'Amour (1908–1988), U.S. author</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Louis L'Amour (1908–1988), U.S. author</cite> | ||
| | |19 = '''Nothing you do is important, but it is very important that you do it.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Mahatma Gandhi]]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Mahatma Gandhi]]</cite> | ||
| | |20 = '''Good [[prose]] is like a windowpane.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— George Orwell (1903–1950) [http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/whyiwrite.htm ''Why I Write'']</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— George Orwell (1903–1950) [http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/whyiwrite.htm ''Why I Write'']</cite> | ||
|21 = '''Anything is a legitimate area of investigation.'''<br /> | |||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://deshoda.com/words/truisms/ Truisms]</cite> | |||
|22 = '''Truth . . . never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him who brought her forth.'''<br /> | |||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[John Milton]]</cite> | |||
|23 = '''If you want to master something, teach it.'''<br /> | |||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Richard Feynman</cite> | |||
|24 = '''The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That’s funny …”'''<br /> | |||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Anonymous, attributed to [[Isaac Asimov]]</cite> | |||
|25 = '''That which we know is a little thing; that which we do not know is immense. '''<br /> | |25 = '''That which we know is a little thing; that which we do not know is immense. '''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Pierre-Simon de Laplace (1749–1827) | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Pierre-Simon de Laplace (1749–1827)</cite> | ||
|26 = '''I've learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.'''<br /> | |26 = '''I've learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Feynman]] (1918–1988), American [[physicist]]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Feynman]] (1918–1988), American [[physicist]]</cite> | ||
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|52 = '''It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.'''<br /> | |52 = '''It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Mark Twain]]''<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Mark Twain]]''<br /> | ||
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Revision as of 18:26, 18 September 2024
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
— Frank Herbert, American science fiction author (1920 - 1986)
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