Knowledge Quotes

From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.

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"I never remember faces. My memory is quite full enough with the world's data."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Data, data, data! I can't make bricks without clay."
Sherlock Holmes
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"People don't have a good understanding of their own desires."
Hannibal Lecter
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"Every object has a history."
Hannibal Lecter
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"Ignorance is bliss in many respects."
Hannibal Lecter
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"I have spent my life studying human nature."
Justice Wargrave
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"The mind knows no walls"
Shevek
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"Symbols are a universal language that transcend words."
Robert Langdon
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"Knowledge is dangerous only to those who fear it."
Leigh Teabing
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"The pursuit of knowledge is humanity's noblest endeavor."
Robert Langdon
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"Every symbol carries the weight of centuries."
Robert Langdon
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"You see, but you do not observe"
Sherlock Holmes
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"Data! Data! I can't make bricks without clay"
Sherlock Holmes
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"It is not really difficult to construct a series of inferences from those facts"
Sherlock Holmes
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"You know my method, it is founded upon the observation of trifles"
Sherlock Holmes
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"You know my methods, Watson."
Sherlock Holmes
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"It is my business to know things."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Watson, you have a logical mind despite your limited experience."
Sherlock Holmes
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"The solution was evident from the beginning to those who had eyes to see."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Data! Data! Data! I can't make bricks without clay."
Sherlock Holmes
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"I have the advantage of knowing your habits, my dear Watson."
Sherlock Holmes
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"I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."
Sherlock Holmes
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"The same images, the same symbols, the same stories emerge across all cultures and all time periods."
Robert Langdon
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"Numbers are the universal language."
Jacques Saunière
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"Data, data, data! I can't make bricks without clay."
Sherlock Holmes
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"One cannot truly know a society from within it"
Shevek
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"To understand another world, one must leave one's own"
Takver
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"I'm beginning to understand that intelligence alone isn't enough."
Charlie Gordon
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"Everything I learned has become a burden I never asked to carry."
Charlie Gordon
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"There are three things we know about him."
Jack Crawford