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