As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand what’s happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge. 2.42K
Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion. 662
Considered now as a possession, one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten. 694
The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms. 628
We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn’t have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness. 839
It’s clear that people are going to download media files, and they’re going to talk to each other, and they’re going to exchange information and knowledge and so forth. So this system logic is basically what you bounce off of. 602
Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody. 603
All of them had so much to offer us as far as, you know, knowledge in the music industry, and especially Randy and Paula because, you know, they’ve been artists. 1.02K
The development of the telescope, together with increased knowledge of things, brought men to see that the earth is not what man had once thought it to be. 712
It has been common knowledge to informed collectors that many times the finest and rarest art glass is found unsigned. 712
For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one’s literary education very incomplete. 635
The idea that myth is the opposite of knowledge, or the opposite of truth, is simply to disallow it. It is like saying poetry is the opposite of truth. 2.09K
I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me. 759
Urban areas tend to attract members of the ‘knowledge class’ – people who work with ideas, data, information. 1.19K
These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it. 2.41K
The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature. 635
Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery. 696
It’s hard to decide how to match words to music. It’s not like it’s twice the work. It’s always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I’m looking for. I’m not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music. 700
