Perhaps the prevalence of pedantry may be largely accounted for by the common error of thinking that, because useful knowledge should be remembered, any kind of knowledge that is at all worth learning should be remembered too. less than 1 minute read
The business of a scientific school is the dissemination of useful knowledge, and this is a noble enterprise and indispensable withal society can not exist unless it goes on. less than 1 minute read
Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion. less than 1 minute read
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. less than 1 minute read
I awake with a not entirely sickened knowledge that I am merely young again and in a funny way at peace, an observer who is aware of time’s chariot, aware that some metamorphosis has occurred. less than 1 minute read
I owe much to mother. She had an expert’s understanding, but also approached art emotionally. less than 1 minute read
I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me. less than 1 minute read
Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula. less than 1 minute read
I began the study of medicine, impelled by a desire for knowledge of facts and of man. The resolution to do disciplined work tied me to both laboratory and clinic for a long time to come. less than 1 minute read
