Knowledge Quotes

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

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"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all human endeavors."
Sydney Brenner
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"The mind that stops questioning has stopped growing."
Sydney Brenner
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"Every question is a door to new understanding."
Sydney Brenner
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"Understanding life requires understanding its chemical and physical basis."
Max Delbrück
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"The greatest discoveries come from asking simple questions."
Max Delbrück
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"Knowledge is power, but only if applied wisely."
Max Delbrück
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"Knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied."
Max Delbrück
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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity"
Hermann Muller
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"Knowledge is power"
Hermann Muller
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"Knowledge without understanding is merely information."
Oswald Avery
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"Knowledge shared is knowledge doubled."
Oswald Avery
"The most important discoveries often come from the simplest observations."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
"Every question we ask opens a thousand new questions."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
"Every discovery is built on the foundation of previous failures."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
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"Facts are the air of science. Without them you never can fly."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"Every discovery raises new questions."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"Science advances when we admit what we do not know."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"Science is the systematic pursuit of understanding."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"The laws governing life are knowable through careful study."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"The most profound truths often emerge from careful observation."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"Understanding inheritance is understanding ourselves."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"Science is humanity's conversation with nature."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"The laboratory teaches us that certainty is often an illusion."
Oswald Avery
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"Curiosity without rigor is mere wandering; rigor without curiosity is mere tedium."
Oswald Avery
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"Knowledge grows not by accumulation alone but by transformation."
Oswald Avery
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the most honest of human endeavors."
Oswald Avery
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"Every question in biology leads to ten more questions."
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
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"Nature reveals her secrets slowly, to those who ask the right questions."
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
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"The embryo is nature's most profound teacher."
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the most noble human endeavor."
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard