Knowledge Is Dangerous Quotes

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

  George Bernard Shaw

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Hunting

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.5797, e-artnow

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• Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.

  Samantha Shannon

  Dangerous, Knows

  Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.136, A&C Black

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• A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Learning

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

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Inspiring, Education, Wisdom

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.

  Confucius

  Practice, Essentials, Useless

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• Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

  Samuel Johnson

  Education, Honesty, Integrity

  'Rasselas' (1759) ch. 41

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• Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

  Frank Herbert

  Belief, Dangerous

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.26, Penguin

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• Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber.

  Terry Pratchett

  Thinking, Government, People

  Terry Pratchett (1998). “The Last Continent: A Discworld Novel”, Harpercollins

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• The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage. If knowledge is real and genuine, I do not believe that it is other than a very valuable posession, however infinitesimal its quantity may be. Indeed, if a little knowledge is dangerous, where is a man who has so much as to be out of danger?

  Thomas Huxley

  Real, Believe, Knowledge

  'Collected Essays' vol. 3 (1895) 'On Elementary Instruction in Physiology' (written 1877)

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• Data isn't information; information isn't knowledge; knowledge isn't wisdom.

  Ian Lowe

  Education, Wisdom, Learning

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• Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

  Carl Sagan

  Knowledge, Science, Thinking

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science”, p.15, Ballantine Books

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• A small amount of power corrupts a small man absolutely. A little knowledge is dangerous to a little man. To a great man only great knowledge is dangerous.

  Leonard J. V. Compagno

  Men, Littles, Power Corrupts

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• A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

  Alexander Pope

  Education, Spring, Learning

  An Essay on Criticism l. 215 (1711) See Drayton 2

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• If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

  Thomas Huxley

  Leadership, Sports, Freedom

  'Collected Essays' vol. 3 (1895) 'On Elementary Instruction in Physiology' (written 1877)

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• Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not.

  Patrick Ness

  Lying, Men, World

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• Knowledge is dangerous." ~pg 53

  Patrick Ness

  Dangerous

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