125 Top-Notch Quotes About Knowledge

"I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief."

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was an 18th-century German philosopher from the Prussian city of Königsberg. Kant was the last influential philosopher of modern Europe in the classic sequence of the theory of knowledge during the Enlightenment.


"The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future."

Stephen Edward Ambrose (January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.


"One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination."

Sam Levenson (December 28, 1911 – August 27, 1980) was an American humorist, writer, teacher, television host and journalist.


"To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) was a mathematician and astronomer who proposed that the sun was stationary in the center of the universe and the earth revolved around it.


"Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature."

Martin Henry Fischer (10 November 1879 – 19 January 1962) was a German-born American physician and author.


"Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more."

William Cowper (26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist.


"Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom."

Clifford Stoll (-) is a U.S. astronomer and author.


"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor and one of the best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s.


"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."

Isaac Asimov (born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov) (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time.


"The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!"

George Smith Patton, Jr also George Smith Patton III (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a United States Army officer best known for his leadership while commanding corps and armies as a general during World War II. He was also well-known for his controversial outspokenness.