Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"The masses are often the last to understand the revolutionary changes happening in their own time."Joseph Schumpeter
"The scholar must maintain both critical distance and passionate engagement with his subject."Joseph Schumpeter
"The intellectual who ignores history is doomed to repeat it with added complexity."Joseph Schumpeter
"The sociologist who merely counts phenomena misses the dynamic forces beneath."Joseph Schumpeter
"The academic who serves only abstract truth fails the larger obligation to society."Joseph Schumpeter
"The competitive model assumes away all the interesting problems of real economic life."Joan Robinson
"The study of economics should increase our understanding of human behavior, not reduce it."Joan Robinson
"The purpose of economic analysis is not prediction but understanding of possibilities and constraints."Joan Robinson
"The most valuable knowledge is understanding how money really works."Irving Fisher
"The moment you stop learning is the moment you begin to decline."Irving Fisher
"The human intellect is capable of understanding the principles that govern society."Thomas Malthus
"The progress of knowledge depends upon the freedom to inquire and debate."Thomas Malthus
"Knowledge without moral improvement is a dangerous possession."Thomas Malthus
"Prices are important not because money is important, but because they guide us in our use of resources."Milton Friedman
"If you want to understand the economic system, you must understand the role of prices."Milton Friedman
"Progress depends upon the growth of knowledge and the application of that knowledge to practical purposes."Alfred Marshall
"The study of economics reveals how societies allocate scarce resources."Alfred Marshall
"The growth of knowledge multiplies the productive power of labor."Alfred Marshall
"The accumulation of knowledge is the foundation of civilization."Alfred Marshall
"Market prices contain vast amounts of dispersed information."Alfred Marshall
"The organization of production reflects the state of technical knowledge."Alfred Marshall
"In the beginning there were a handful of wise men; now there are laboratories."Vilfredo Pareto
"Knowledge without application is merely entertainment."Vilfredo Pareto
"In the marketplace of ideas, truth eventually prevails."Vilfredo Pareto
"The trained incapacity of businessmen prevents them from understanding productive value."Thorstein Veblen
"The modern corporation fragments knowledge and prevents understanding of productive processes."Thorstein Veblen
"Data is the new oil."Andrew Ng
"Measure what matters."Andrew Ng
"Theory without practice is incomplete."Andrew Ng
"Reading is a gateway to knowledge."Andrew Ng