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“The relationship of the suppliers and users of knowledge to the knowledge they supply and use is now tending, and will be increasingly tend to, to assume the form already taken by the relationship of commodity producers and consumers to the commodities they produce and consume--that is, the form of knowledge.”
Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The social stock of knowledge differentiates reality by degrees of familiarity... my knowledge of my own occupation and its world is very rich and specific, while I have only very sketchy knowledge of the occupational worlds of others.”
Peter L. Berger (1929–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Man knows and his capacity to know depends on his biological integrity; furthermore, he knows that he knows. As a basic psychological and, hence, biological function cognition guides his handling of the universe and knowledge gives certainty to his acts; objective knowledge seems possible and through objective knowledge the universe appears systematic and predictable.”
Humberto Maturana (1928–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The creation of knowledge that constitutes an innovation is in turn dependent on the acquisition and application of existing knowledge; information is an input into the production of information. This background knowledge and the ability to use it are the most important elements of the social context of individually motivated innovation.”
Kenneth Arrow (1921–2017) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Macrocontext of the Microeconomics of Innovation", in E. Sheshinski, R.J. Strom and W.J. Baumel (Eds.) Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and the Growth Mechanism of the Free-Enterprise Economies (2007)
“If a Bloggers dies without transforming his/her knowledge to the new generation, the knowledge is meaningless.If an example if a witch could not transform her knowledge to anybody, she makes a hole where she dies.”
Ravindra Prabhat (born 1969) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The South Asian Bloggers community celebrated the Third Bloggers Conference on 13-14-15th Sept. 2013 at Kathmandu in Nepal ." (13 September 2013)
“The intellect," says Aristotle... "is perfected, not by knowledge but by activity..." and... "The arts and sciences are powers, but every power exists only for the sake of action; the end of philosophy... is not knowledge, but the energy conversant about knowledge.”
Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788–1856) said by 1856 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A theory of knowledge is an answer to the question "What is knowledge?" This question, like many which are asked by philosophers, sounds very simple. We all know, at least roughly, what knowledge is. But difficulties appear the moment that we begin to fill in the details.”
David Pears (1921–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For philosophy, it is supposed by vast numbers of students and teachers of the subject, has for its goal philosophical knowledge, and indeed, even certain knowledge. It is presupposed, therefore, that there is such a thing as philosophical knowledge, and there are even men who think themselves the possessors of at least some of it.”
Richard Taylor (philosopher) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Review of Metaphysics (June, 1968) p. 615
“It is also worth noting that it is extremely difficult to be a great buyer of complementary competencies if you do not have any knowledge about the stuff you are acquiring. Friedrich Nietzsche pointed out that a man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access. We need knowledge to be able to outsource knowledge.”
Kjell A. Nordström (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Jonas Ridderstråle
“We define the knowledge economy as production and services based on knowledge-intensive activities that contribute to an accelerated pace of technical and scientific advance, as well as rapid obsolescence. The key component of a knowledge economy is a greater reliance on intellectual capabilities than on physical inputs or natural resources.”
Walter W. Powell (born 1951) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Walter W. Powell and Kaisa Snellman. "The knowledge economy." Annu. Rev. Sociol. 30 (2004): 199-220.
“Formerly men had belief as to the supersensuous and thought they had knowledge of the sensuous. The science of the future, while agnostic as to the supersensuous, will replace knowledge by belief in the perceptual sphere, and reserve the term knowledge for the conceptual sphere—the region of their own concepts and ideas...”
Karl Pearson (1857–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are several huge monasteries—of which Khang Phi is the greatest—dedicated to the preservation of knowledge. The monks do not sort it into good and evil knowledge, nor do they make moral judgments. They take the position that no knowledge is evil until someone chooses to do evil with it.”
Glen Cook (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There can be no knowledge of what is good for man apart from knowledge of reality and human nature, and there is no manner in which this knowledge can be acquired except through reason. To advocate irrationality is to advocate that which is destructive to human life.”
George H. Smith (1949–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Excess of knowledge does not make one great scholar, rather savant is that, who acting on his knowledge adheres to Sunnah may amount of his knowledge be little.”
Ibrahim Khawas (died 904) said by 904 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A lot of people have thought of understanding as just knowledge of true causes, but then there is a problem of why we value knowledge - if not to understand things. And in effect understanding is what underwrites the desire for knowledge in the context of science.”
John S. Wilkins (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Give her skills that would enable her to empower herself, not just acquiring the knowledge. Let the knowledge be there and the knowledge not just the theoretical aspect but let’s have the practical aspect.”
Aishatu Madawaki (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not just exposing the girl child to acquire the basic education, but what happens afterwards. Give her skills that would enable her to empower herself, not just acquiring the knowledge. Let the knowledge be there and the knowledge not just the theoretical aspect but let’s have the practical aspect.”
Aishatu Madawaki (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To build a robust, knowledge-driven approach to AI we must have the machinery of symbol-manipulation in our toolkit. Too much of useful knowledge is abstract to make do without tools that represent and manipulate abstraction, and to date, the only machinery that we know of that can manipulate such abstract knowledge reliably is the apparatus of symbol manipulation.”
Gary Marcus (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is oftentimes a great deal of knowledge where there is but little wisdom to improve that knowledge. It is not the most knowing Christian but the most wise Christian that sees, avoids, and escapes Satan's snares. Knowledge without wisdom is like mettle in a blind horse, which is often an occasion of the rider's fall.”
Thomas Brooks (Puritan) (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science is often identified with knowledge. This is a gross misunderstanding. Science is not merely knowledge, but also consciousness, that is, the skill of properly using knowledge.”
Vasily Klyuchevsky (attributed) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in V. V. Vorontsov, ed., Words of the Wise: A Book of Russian Quotations (USSR: Progress Publishers, 1979), p. 486
“The first object of any act of learning, over and beyond the pleasure it may give, is that it should serve us in the future. Learning should not only take us somewhere; it should allow us later to go further more easily.”
Ted Sizer (1932–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they're learning something else. I’ve done it my whole career. And the head fake here is that they’re learning to program but they just think they’re making movies and video games.”
Randy Pausch (1960–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pretending you're in control even when you aren't is a recipe not only for mistakes, but for not learning from mistakes. What's appropriate when you're learning is small steps, constant monitoring, and a willingness to change course as you find out more about where it's leading.”
Donella Meadows (1941–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Humans have spent (10k+) years learning to fight and debate with the other side, and almost no time learning to listen and empathize.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How can I look back and not speak of the stupid learning about birth? Of the stupid learning that people make love, and how it seemed the reason for all things, the intimacy of my wondering, the illumination that — to an adolescent — was the cause for life around me, the reason why the unhappy people I knew did not kill themselves?”
Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Learning the secret of flight from a bird was a good deal like learning the secret of magic from a magician. After you once know the trick and know what to look for you see things that you did not notice when you did not know exactly what to look for.”
Orville Wright (1871–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Birds in Our Lives (1966), edited by Alred Stefferud and Arnold L. Nelson, p. 260
“A man spends the first year of his life learning that he ends at his own skin, and the rest of his life learning that he doesn't.”
Saul Gorn (1912–1992) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Individual and Political Life of Information Systems", in Heilprin, Markuson, and Goodman, ed., Proceedings of the Symposium on Education for Information Science, Warrenton, Virginia, September 7-10, 1965 (Washingto…
“Doing physics is much more enjoyable than just learning it. Maybe 'doing it' is the right way of learning, at least as far as I am concerned.”
Gerd Binnig (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You learning anything from this?” Tyrell asked. Turk stood up and brushed his hands. “Yeah. I'm learning that I know even less than I thought I did.”
Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While I thought I have been learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.”
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) said by 1519 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength. Learning for instance, to eat when he's hungry and sleep when he's sleepy.”
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.”
Stephen King (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Spend the years of learning squandering Courage for the years of wandering Through a world politely turning From the loutishness of learning.”
Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gnome" in Dublin Magazine Vol. 9 (1934), p. 8
“If you ever have to make a choice between learning and inspiration, boy, choose learning. It works more of the time.”
Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly," His Highness replied, "...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.”
Murasaki Shikibu (970–1100) said by 1100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The learning of the gentleman enters through his ears, fastens to his heart, spreads through his four limbs, and manifests itself in his actions. ... The learning of the petty person enters through his ears and passes out his mouth. From mouth to ears is only four inches—how could it be enough to improve a whole body much larger than that?”
Xunzi (philosopher) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (2001), p. 259
“Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.”
Tom Clancy (1947–2013) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Appraiser's Handbook: A Guide for Doctors (2007) by Nick Lyons, Susanne Caesar, Abayomi McEwen, p. 11.
“Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless.”
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty.”
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Great Society (May 22, 1964). Archived from the original on January 10, 2021.
“I have always considered the price of perfection prohibitive and allowed mistakes as a part of the learning process. I prefer a dash of daring and persistence to perfection. I have always supported learning on the part of my team members by paying vigilant attention to each of their attempts, be they successful or unsuccessful.”
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a learning organization, leaders are designers, stewards, and teachers. They are responsible for building organizations where people continually expand their capabilities to understand complexity, clarify vision, and improve shared mental models – that is, they are responsible for learning.”
Peter Senge (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mutual reflection. Open and candid conversation. Questioning of old beliefs and assumptions. Learning to let go. Awareness of how our own actions create the systemic structures that produce our problems. Developing these learning capabilities lies at the heart of profound change.”
Peter Senge (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Entertainment and learning are not opposites; entertainment may be the most effective mode of learning.”
Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How will the doctor fare?” Corum called. “The one who took me in.” “He will die unless he is clever and denounces you,” Jhary told him. “But he was a man of great intelligence and humanity. A man of science, too—of learning.” “All the more reason for killing him, if their priesthood has its way. Superstition, not learning, is respected here.”
Michael Moorcock (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success is not an accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”
Pelé (1940–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Learning JavaScript used to mean you weren’t a serious software developer. Today, not learning Javascript means the same thing.”
Tim O'Reilly (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not a reproach but a compliment to learning, to say, that great scholars are less fit for business; since the truth is, business is so much a lower thing than learning, that a man used to the last cannot easily bring his stomach down to the first.”
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) said by 1695 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life seemed to be an educator's practical joke in which you spent the first half learning and the second half learning that everything you learned in the first half was wrong.”
Russell Baker (1925–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've been learning to live without you now But I miss you sometimes The more I know, the less I understand All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning them again.”
Don Henley (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Computers and music are converging in a new era of digital Renaissance as more and more musicians such as will.i.am are learning how to code while an increasing number of software programmers are learning how to play music.”
Newton Lee wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source