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
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
If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are conditions for development. Kofi Annan
Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed. Terry Goodkind
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand. Frank Herbert
Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening. Henning Mankell
I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that. As my skill and knowledge of the instrument grew, I found lead started to come naturally. Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer. Ha ha! Hal Sparks
Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library. Michelle Rodriguez
The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story's going to end and how it's going to go. But on television nobody knows what's going to happen, even the writers. Alan Cumming
The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge. Edward Thorndike
It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways. Paul Nurse
I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad? Tom Clancy
Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them. Huston Smith
Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational. Herbert Simon
Do you remember when you found out you wouldn't live forever? People don't talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because you're not born with that knowledge. David Cronenberg
His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world. William Shenstone
This required the development of a view which allowed one to integrate research with belief, thing with person, fact with aesthetics, knowledge with application of knowledge. Kenneth L. Pike
An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth. John McCarthy