We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our isla

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance. – John Archibald Wheeler

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Knowledge
category

Beware of false knowledge it is more dangerous than ignorance. – George Bernard Shaw

Category:
Knowledge

Darrell is really good in the studio. I mean, he has a real working knowledge of how the process works, and what sounds good coming back over tape, and how the stuff works together. – Guy Clark

Category:
Knowledge

In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact. – Jean Piaget

Category:
Knowledge

A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important, but they may not know how to talk about them. Its often called the culture of the organization. – Howard Gardner

Category:
Knowledge

Random Quotes

The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace. – Yitzhak Rabin

Category:
Peace

I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of. – George Michael

Category:
Success

You might be a firefighter if you had to extricate someone by cutting the car doors off on one side and realized there was nothing wrong with the doors on the other side. – Author Unknown

Category:
Firefighters

If death is in the room, its pretty interesting. But I would also say that Im interested in getting myself to believe that its going to happen to me. Im interested in it, because if youre not, youre nuts. Its really de facto what were here to find out about. – George Saunders

Category:
Death