Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bertrand Russell

The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power

Richard P. Feynman

A very great deal more truth can become known than can be proven.

William Whewell

According to the technical language of old writers, a thing and its qualities are described as subject and attributes; and thus a man's faculties and acts are attributes of which he is the subject. The mind is the subject in which ideas inhere. Moreover, the man's faculties and acts are employed upon external objects; and from objects all his sensations arise. Hence the part of a man's knowledge which belongs to his own mind, is subjective: that which flows in upon him from the world external to him, is objective.

Samuel Smiles

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.

Richard Francis Burton

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The worth and value of knowledge is in proportion to the worth and value of its object.

Samuel Johnson

Every human being whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge.

Werner Heisenberg

Modern physics has changed nothing in the great classical disciplines of, for instance, mechanics, optics, and heat. Only the conception of hitherto unexplored regions, formed prematurely from a knowledge of only certain parts of the world, has undergone a decisive transformation. This conception, however, is always decisive for the future course of research.

Werner Erhard

Until you know that who you are is empty and meaningless, you don't know anything.

Bruce Bochy

I wouldn't put him in the five-hole if I didn't think he was (capable). I think he's got discipline. He's got a nice swing and I think he could be a very productive guy in our lineup hitting in the 5-6-7 hole.

Ed Pancoast

He really understands training and possesses discipline and work ethic it takes to get better.

Sam Bush

Going to play with J.D. was a great lesson in discipline and timing,

Denis Potvin

It could be a very big distraction if the players and teams don't show more discipline than they have during these exhibition games.

Ryan Jones

I think the discipline in our school is wonderful.

Carl Ragasa

We've been winning everything lately and that's just a testament to the hard work and discipline these men possess.

Sarah Caldwell

We must continuously discipline ourselves to I remember how it felt the first moment.

Rebecca Miller

Novels have become equally important to me as films. I consider myself a storyteller and passionately engaged in both of those disciplines.

Richard Rorty

Academic disciplines are subject to being overtaken by attacks of "knowingness"- a state of mind and soul that prevents shudders of awe and makes one immune to enthusiasm.

Skylar Astin

I think that I am willing to do anything. I like to collaborate. If my voice will be heard, than I will do some research and think about it.

Rosemarie Truglio

We took a long time and did a lot of research and preparation. We wanted to make sure we did this right.

Will Wright

I typically go overboard when I research new projects.

Warren Buffett

I like to buy things I can understand. I do a lot of research on things.

James Franco

I become kind of obsessive about research.

Patrick Rothfuss

I want to learn how to pick locks, swordfight, throw pottery - it's all research. It's like the curious person's version of James Bond's license to kill. I've got a license to learn.

Eli Broad

Research – and using what you learn from it to analyze every situation – is what separates being unreasonable from being irrational.

Ashleigh Brilliant

My research consists of studying the effects of putting somebody like me into a world like this.

Temple Grandin

What I've tried to do is combine both my personal experiences with scientific research. I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world.