Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Ideas on earth were badges, like the signs of fraternities."Kurt Vonnegut
"All the thought that goes into a lifetime of thinking."William Carlos Williams
"The reader knows neither cars, poems, nor anything of the sort."William Carlos Williams
"The pursuit of knowledge never ends."William Carlos Williams
"The quest for knowledge is the most honest pursuit of the human spirit."Hart Crane
"Knowledge comes not from books alone but from experience."Hilda Doolittle
"To question is to grow."Hilda Doolittle
"Precision is both a grace and a necessity."Marianne Moore
"Observation alerts us to particulars we might otherwise miss."Marianne Moore
"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."Marianne Moore
"Intelligence is made viable by attention."Marianne Moore
"Expertise walks a narrow line."Marianne Moore
"To understand reality is to understand one's own consciousness."Wallace Stevens
"Knowledge without imagination is mere accumulation of facts."Wallace Stevens
"There's a lot of intelligence in the hands."Jack Kerouac
"You cannot create experience by merely reading about it."Amy Lowell
"Knowledge is power."Amy Lowell
"To write well is to see well."William Carlos Williams
"Clarity in writing comes from clarity in thinking."William Carlos Williams
"Knowledge without application remains sterile."William Carlos Williams
"Language itself is a kind of machinery we must master."Hart Crane
"Language is our inheritance and our burden."Hart Crane
"Words are sacred vessels for human experience and understanding."Hart Crane
"The ancient words still carry power if we know how to read them."Hilda Doolittle
"The search for truth is more valuable than truth itself."Wallace Stevens
"The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge."Fannie Hurst
"Knowledge is power."Fannie Hurst
"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance—that principle is contempt prior to investigation."Marianne Moore
"There is a difference between having heard of something and understanding it."Marianne Moore