"We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge"

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Source : "Post-Fidel Plans for U.S.-Cuba Relations, Migration Policy". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. August 2, 2007.

George Will

#Knowledge Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Want Quotes

“To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.”
“Sin is never at a stay; if we do not retreat from it, we shall advance in it; and the farther on we go, the more we have to come back.”

Source : Isaac Barrow, Thomas Smart Hughes (1831). “Works”, p.243
“A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.”
“A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God.”
“One of the best things about lifeâ€”a reason not to go blindly after one goal and one goal onlyâ€”is that sometimes it will take you to something that is way cooler than anything you would have consciously set out to do in the first place.”

Source : Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#Girlboss”, p.118, Penguin UK
“From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.”
“The technology life cycle has three stages: Hype, disillusionment, and application.”
“Nothing can grow under big trees.”

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