Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real, even if political leaders don’t always reflect or act on that knowledge. less than 1 minute read
It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind’s dignity. less than 1 minute read
There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul. less than 1 minute read
If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage. less than 1 minute read
One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It’s why he found shooting on set boring - because he had already composed the film in his head. less than 1 minute read
A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. less than 1 minute read
I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge. less than 1 minute read
We don’t focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts. less than 1 minute read
Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination. less than 1 minute read
