“What becomes of the noblest field ever opened for the advancement of our race in religion, in government, in the arts, and in all that dignifies and adorns mankind?”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com
“The more you know, the harder you will find it to make up your mind.”— Tim Minchin, brandongaille.com
“Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief; it is just a term which describes humankind’s incremental acquisition of understanding through observation. Science is awesome.”— Tim Minchin, goodreads.com
“Be reasonable with the students and make sure they see the logic in what we're doing.”— Deng Xiaoping, amazon.com
“When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.”— Deng Xiaoping, amazon.com
“It will take years, not just a couple of months, of education to change their thinking.”— Deng Xiaoping, amazon.com
“The invention of typography confirmed and extended the new visual stress of applied knowledge, providing the first uniformly repeatable “commodity,” the first assembly-line, and the first mass-production.”— Marshall McLuhan, amazon.com
“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”— Unknown, tcat.tc
“Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it’s the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it.”— John Waters, amazon.com
“My poor knowledge of Greek mythology... Has always been my Achilles' Elbow.”— 420-Neal-It, reddit.com
“If you give a monkey a typewriter, it will eventually write Shakespeare... ...If you give a monkey a camcorder, it will eventually film a dead body and post it to the internet.”— Juice_Campbell, reddit.com
“I'm not actually pop culture or social media savvy. I really didn't know what Twitter was when I created an account.”— Misha Collins, inspiringquotes.us
“That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became a professional baseball player to do all these things and know what each guy would hit.”— Willie Mays, successories.com
“We built pyramids before Donald Trump even knew what architecture was. We taught philosophy and astrology [sic] and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos was born.”— Al Sharpton, amazon.com
“Revered monks and people. This public rally is aimed at informing the whole world of the will of the people”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“It is a matter of great satisfaction to me to hope that my children will be in circumstances to receive a good education. Mine was defective and I feel the inconvenience, if not the misfortune of not receiving a classical education. Knowledge is the food of genius, and my son, let no opportunity esc…”— Sam Houston, famoustexans.com