Knowledgeable Quotes - Page 3

• We have a greater responsibility to act than those who live in ignorance. Once you become knowledgeable, you have an obligation to do something about it.

  Ron Paul

  Ignorance, Responsibility, Obligation

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• The path of the knowledgeable, successful person, which only leads to supreme good fortune and great success is always directly in front of you.

  Chris Prentiss

  Successful, Path, Great Success

  Chris Prentiss (2008). “The Little Book of Secrets: Gentle Wisdom for Joyful Living”, p.81, BookBaby

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• David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Writing, Directors, Would Be

  "Talking With Chiwetel Ejiofor". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. April 1, 2008.

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• Thus the creative genius may be at once nave and knowledgeable, being at home equally to primitive symbolism and to rigorous logic. He is both more primitive and more cultured, more destructive and more constructive, occasionally crazier and yet adamantly saner, than the average person.

  Frank X. Barron

  Home, Average, Symbolism

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• With its shrewd analysis and its knowledgeable reflections on the state of the arts, as well as a rich array of anecdotes and quotations about patronage, Patronizing the Arts will appeal to a broad audience.

  Jonathan Culler

  Art, Reflection, Anecdotes

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• I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.

  Matt Cameron

  Cities, People, Musician

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• There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar voices, friends that never quarreled with her, clever, powerful friends -- daring and knowledgeable, tried and tested adventurers who had traveled far and wide. Her books cheered her up when she was sad and kept her from being bored.

  Cornelia Funke

  Clever, Powerful, Book

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• Why is it that we have a tendency to lazily assume other Christians have been the kind of dedicated, motivated, responsible, knowledgeable experts on Bible doctrines that we have never cared enough to become?

  Len Smith

  Christian, Doctrine, Experts

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• Me and my family growing up, we cleared our land built our homes and all that. So, I was very well knowledgeable in the construction world. That turned into a commercial development company and construction company.

  Drew Waters

  Growing Up, Home, Land

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• Many years ago, when I was once saying sadly to Max it was a pity I couldn't have taken up archaeology when I was a girl, so as to be more knowledgeable on the subject, he said, 'Don't you realize that at this moment you know more about prehistoric pottery than any woman in England?'

  Agatha Christie

  Girl, Taken, Years

  Agatha Christie (1991). “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• And I am too knowledgeable now to hurt people imprecisely

  Tony Hoagland

  Hurt, People

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• I can't tell you how many times I've been with very smart, knowledgeable Homeland Security experts who are essentially tasked with saving your life who do not trust you with information. They just don't. They kind of dismiss the media and the public in one fell swoop.

  Amanda Ripley

  Smart, Media, Saving

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• How can you make informed decisions ... ? The key seems to be to gather experts who are knowledgeable and passionate about the subject matter, and have them cooperatively discuss a series of questions designed to explore the limits of technical feasibility.
  They must strive to reach the best decision rather than to persuade each other.

  Peter Norvig

  Keys, Decision, Experts

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• Much of the fear of doing something wrong vanishes when we are knowledgeable about what we are doing.

  Andrew Saul

  "Helping People Doctor Themselves". Interview with Richard A. Passwater, wholefoodsmagazine.com. January 18, 2013.

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• When it comes to rock music, I'm not much of a player, but I do have entry-level chops. I'm more knowledgeable as a listener, and Revival gave me a way to write about rock and roll without being preachy or boring.

  Stephen King

  Writing, Player, Rocks

  Interview with Catherine Elsworth, www.goodreads.com. November 2014.

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• Homeless people's dogs are more knowledgeable than dogs in Beverly Hills. Why? Because they explore, they move forward, they go through the ups and downs in life. A dog in a wealthy environment, there is no downs except what he lives.

  Cesar Millan

  Dog, Moving, People

  Interview with David Morris, www.askmen.com. February 27, 2015.

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• People cannot become truly knowledgeable without being excellent readers.

  Bill Gates

  People, Excellent, Reader

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• Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common sense one has, not by how much educated or knowledgeable he is.

  Josh Billings

  Men, Common Sense, Genius

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• NASCAR fans are very knowledgeable and very passionate.

  Jimmie Johnson

  Fans, Passionate, Nascar

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• What creates happiness, peace, and balance is not becoming simply powerful, but knowledgeable.

  Frederick Lenz

  Wisdom, Powerful, Buddhism

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• The most knowledgeable person is not necessarily the person who runs the government, nor the church, nor the business.

  Frederick Lenz

  Running, Buddhism, Government

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• The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed.

  Morley Safer

  Stars, Interesting, People

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• It was always a wish for me to work in the Premier League. To work as a manager for Manchester United, the biggest club in the world, makes me very proud. I have managed in games at Old Trafford before and know what an incredible arena Old Trafford is and how passionate and knowledgeable the fans are. This club has big ambitions; I too have big ambitions. Together I'm sure we will make history.

  Louis van Gaal

  Ambition, Games, League

  "Spain, Netherlands will meet again in World Cup". Interview with Kevin Baxter, www.latimes.com. June 03, 2014.

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• Everything is dependent on your ability to stop thoughts. The longer you can stop your thoughts in meditation, the faster you will evolve, the more power you will pick up and the more knowledgeable and balanced you will become.

  Frederick Lenz

  Meditation, Faster, Ability

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• Your processes are amazingly fast, yet flexible, and the people at Screaming Circuits, from finance to the factory floor, are all knowledgeable and a joy to work with.

  Jonathan Friedman

  People, Joy, Finance

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