Knowledge Quotes

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

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"Knowledge without wisdom is just collecting facts"
Carl Reiner
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"Knowledge without experience is incomplete understanding"
Carl Reiner
"Knowledge is power, but knowing how to use it with humor is genius."
Don Rickles
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is freedom."
Goldie Hawn
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"The power of saying 'I don't know' is underrated in this world."
Carol Burnett
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"The mind is like a parachute; it only works when it's open."
Lily Tomlin
"Knowledge is only valuable if you know how to apply it with wisdom."
Don Rickles
"Knowledge without wisdom is like a ship without a rudder."
Goldie Hawn
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
Johnny Carson
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."
Johnny Carson
"Education is the most powerful weapon against poverty and ignorance."
Mel Brooks
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use that power."
Mel Brooks
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"Knowledge without compassion is incomplete."
Carol Burnett
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"Knowledge expands with every experience we embrace."
Carol Burnett
"The night shift taught me about human nature and what makes people tick."
Johnny Carson
"Learning never stops if you maintain curiosity throughout your life."
Goldie Hawn
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"Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the future instead of learning being what they do to get a job."
Lily Tomlin
"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."
Johnny Carson
"Never use a preposition to end a sentence with."
Phyllis Diller
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"They say knowledge is power. I say lack of knowledge is even better—you don't know what you're missing."
Rodney Dangerfield
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"Every experience, even the difficult ones, teaches you something valuable."
Carol Burnett
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."
Goldie Hawn
"Knowledge without action is merely information."
Goldie Hawn
"Knowledge without wisdom is just noise."
Don Rickles
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"The best way to stay young is to keep laughing and never stop learning."
Carol Burnett
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"If we're going to fight a disease, we have to know what we're fighting."
Lily Tomlin
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"The moment you stop learning is the moment you start declining."
Lily Tomlin
"Knowledge without humor is just pedantry dressed up fancy."
Don Rickles
"Life was a lot simpler when I didn't know so much."
Phyllis Diller
"I've learned that you can't truly know a person until you've lived with them and heard them laugh."
Phyllis Diller