Knowledge Quotes

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

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"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."
Vito Corleone
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"To know a man, you must understand his past."
Vito Corleone
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"A person is smart. People are dumb."
Michael Corleone
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"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."
Michael Corleone
T
"I watch people. That's what I do."
Travis Bickle
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"I've seen things I shouldn't have."
Sonny Corleone
T
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom knows how to use it."
Tom Hagen
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"The mark of intelligence is the ability to understand another's perspective."
Vito Corleone
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"To know oneself is to possess infinite power."
Vito Corleone
E
"Knowledge is survival. Information is life."
Ellen Ripley
E
"Knowledge is incomplete without the will to act on it."
Ellen Ripley
S
"A person is smart. People are dumb."
Sonny Corleone
S
"Knowledge is the greatest weapon you can have."
Sonny Corleone
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"There's a difference between hearing and listening."
Michael Corleone
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"I learned that the big money always went to the men who made the rules."
Michael Corleone
M
"The greatest weapon is knowledge."
Michael Corleone
T
"I don't know much about anything, but I know about myself."
Travis Bickle
T
"A good lawyer thinks like a scientist—facts first, emotions later."
Tom Hagen
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"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."
Tom Hagen
E
"You know, I've heard that before, but there's nothing like seeing it firsthand."
Ellen Ripley
E
"We need to know what we're dealing with."
Ellen Ripley
E
"I know what's out there now. What's waiting for us."
Ellen Ripley
V
"The key to power is understanding human nature."
Vito Corleone
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"The man who controls information controls the world."
Vito Corleone
V
"The greatest weakness is the inability to see weakness in others."
Vito Corleone
T
"You have to reach the end of something to understand it."
The Narrator
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"The most important thing is that you understand."
The Narrator
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"Listen, I know something about every man here."
Sonny Corleone
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"You understand how things work in this world?"
Sonny Corleone
S
"You gotta have an angle, you gotta understand the angle."
Sonny Corleone