Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is 'The Book of British Birds,' and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology. Terry Eagleton on knowledge
To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it. Don Rickles on knowledge
Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for. Thomas Arnold on knowledge
I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would have a good time, I would have a girlfriend. I think that's where a lot of my pain comes from. I think I never had any teenage years to go back to. Spalding Gray on knowledge
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. George Henry Lewes on knowledge
The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked. Enya on knowledge
The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind. John Millington Synge on knowledge
If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts. Felix Adler on knowledge
A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical. Conrad Black on knowledge
The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. Stephen Gardiner on knowledge
You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see. Tadao Ando on knowledge
Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. Thomas Bulfinch on knowledge
With our knowledge of modern-day genetics, we realize that it was possible for God to place the potential for all people throughout history into the genes of Adam and Eve when He created them. Walter Lang on knowledge
This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation. Carroll Quigley on knowledge
Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts. Kjell Magne Bondevik on knowledge
The Founders believed liberty came directly from God. With their knowledge of Scripture, they knew each child was made in the image of God. That is why everyone had dignity, value and worth. Gary Bauer on knowledge
Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. William Hurt on knowledge
I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it. Ella Maillart on knowledge