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" It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill. "

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" To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. "

Marilyn vos Savant

" A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. "

" Democracy is not just about voting but about informed voting. If democracy doesn't have access to reliable sources of information and instead relies on social proof, then there is no way of distinguishing between junk evidence and actual knowledge. "

Jens Martin Skibsted

" We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness. "

" All men by nature desire knowledge. "

" Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge. "

Hakeem Olajuwon

" Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration. "

" Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. "

" The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. "

Daniel J. Boorstin

" I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. "

" Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. "

" The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less. "

" Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive. "

" Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad. "

Brian O'Driscoll

" We could hardly wait to get up in the morning. "

" There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. "

" I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success. "

" Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. "

" It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. "

Carl Friedrich Gauss

" To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. "

" Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. "

" Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. "

George Bernard Shaw

" The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air. "

" Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason. "

" Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind. "

Friedrich Nietzsche

" I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years. "

" Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul. "

" 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