Aimless extension of knowledge, however, which is what I think you really mean by the term curiosity, is merely inefficiency. I am designed to avoid inefficiency. Isaac Asimov View this quote
Aimless extension of knowledge, however, which is what I think you really mean by the term curiosity, is merely inefficiency. I am designed to avoid inefficiency. Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge. Alice Walker
Alice Walker
Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief. Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
All men can understand what representation is; and that it must necessarily include a variety of knowledge and talents. Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
My knowledge of electrical subjects was not acquired in a methodical manner but was picked up from such books as I could get hold of and from such experiments as I could make with my own hands. Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
In the knowledge economy everyone is a volunteer, but we have trained our managers to manage conscripts. Peter Drucker
Peter Drucker
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’ Isaac Asimov