With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly think today of making my first flight on a strange machine in a twenty-seven mile wind, even if I knew that the machine had already been flown and was safe. – Orville Wright
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. – Igor Stravinsky
Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns. – Albert Szent-Györgyi, "Teaching and Expanding Knowledge," Science,
When David Marr at MIT moved into computer vision, he generated a lot of excitement, but he hit up against the problem of knowledge representation he had no good representations for knowledge in his vision systems. – Marvin Minsky
It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is lifes parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time. – Simone de Beauvoir
I dont think you ever stop giving. I really dont. I think its an on-going process. And its not just about being able to write a check. Its being able to touch somebodys life. – Oprah Winfrey
