Knowledge Quotes

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

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"Curiosity is the driving force behind all scientific discovery."
John Kendrew
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"Knowledge is not a destination but a journey of continuous learning."
John Kendrew
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"Every great discovery started with a simple question."
John Kendrew
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"Knowledge without application is merely information."
John Kendrew
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"Knowledge is power when combined with understanding."
John Kendrew
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"The study of deviance reveals more about the society doing the studying than about the deviance itself."
Stanley Cohen
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"The sociology of knowledge asks whose perspective is presented as universal truth."
Stanley Cohen
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"Understanding yourself requires understanding how society has labeled you."
Stanley Cohen
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"The question is not why people deviate, but why society defines certain acts as deviant."
Stanley Cohen
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"Deviance is a window into the operation of social control mechanisms."
Stanley Cohen
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"The study of deviance reveals the artificial nature of all social categories."
Stanley Cohen
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"The study of deviance teaches us that all categories are socially constructed."
Stanley Cohen
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"Every restriction placed on research is a question we choose not to answer."
Herbert Boyer
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"Science advances when we stop assuming we know the answer."
Herbert Boyer
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"To understand genetics is to understand the blueprint of possibility."
Herbert Boyer
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"To understand one thing deeply is to understand many things."
Herbert Boyer
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"Knowledge without application is merely interesting information."
Emmanuelle Charpentier
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"To understand life, you must first understand its smallest mechanisms."
Emmanuelle Charpentier
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"I've always believed that the pursuit of knowledge should be as meticulous as the experiments themselves."
Fred Sanger
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"Memory and precision are the twin pillars of good experimental work."
Fred Sanger
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"I learned that the smallest details often hold the greatest significance."
Fred Sanger
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"When you understand the code of life, you begin to see possibilities you never imagined before."
Jennifer Doudna
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"Working in science requires both confidence and profound doubt working simultaneously."
Jennifer Doudna
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"I think of myself as a student of nature first, and only secondarily as someone trying to change it."
Jennifer Doudna
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"The cells hold secrets that patience and curiosity will eventually reveal."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"The questions we ask shape the answers we find."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"Every answer opens new questions; this is the gift of science."
Shinya Yamanaka
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"The marginal teach us about the boundaries we've drawn."
Stanley Cohen
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"Understanding deviance is understanding ourselves."
Stanley Cohen
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"I wanted to understand how DNA actually worked, and PCR gave me the tool to explore that."
Kary Mullis