Knowledge Quotes

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

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"The most successful people never stop being curious."
Nolan Bushnell
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"Stay curious about everything, even things outside your field."
Nolan Bushnell
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"There was no manual to tell us how to do it."
Jean Jennings Bartik
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"Mathematics was a language we understood fluently."
Jean Jennings Bartik
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"Knowledge is the greatest tool of empowerment."
Jean Jennings Bartik
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"Games have always been humanity's way of learning and growing."
Ralph Baer
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"Never stop asking questions - that's where innovation begins."
Ralph Baer
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"Never stop being curious about how things work and why."
Ralph Baer
"Mathematical knowledge is as essential to a full development of the mind as physical exercise is to the body."
Ada Lovelace
"Mathematical science shows what is. It is the language of unseen relations."
Ada Lovelace
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"The smallest details often contain the greatest wisdom about how the world works."
Shunpei Yamazaki
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"True innovation comes from understanding human needs."
Donna Dubinsky
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"Knowledge without action is wasted potential."
Donna Dubinsky
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"Knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied."
Donna Dubinsky
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"Curiosity is the engine of progress."
Nolan Bushnell
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"Knowledge without application is just information."
Nolan Bushnell
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"Ignorance is a choice, knowledge is a journey."
Nolan Bushnell
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"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."
Carver Mead
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"One expects a mathematician to know mathematics, but I am always surprised and delighted when I meet one who knows something else as well."
John von Neumann
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"As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."
John von Neumann
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"A doctor who doesn't know statistics is a doctor who doesn't know medicine."
John von Neumann
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"Mathematical sciences have ever been the object of my delight."
John von Neumann
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"Memory is essential for holding, recording, and recalling ideas."
John von Neumann
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"To understand a complex system, you must reduce it to its simplest components."
John von Neumann
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"To understand is to perceive patterns."
John von Neumann
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"Understanding systems requires understanding their structure and function."
John von Neumann
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"Knowledge without application is merely collecting facts."
Ralph Baer
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"Knowledge without application is just wasted potential."
Jean Jennings Bartik
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"Knowledge compounds over time like interest on an investment."
Jean Jennings Bartik
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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication in game design."
Nolan Bushnell