History offers us vicarious experience. It allows the youngest student to possess the ground equally with his elders; without a knowledge of history to give him a context for present events, he is at the mercy of every social misdiagnosis handed to him. Hilary Mantel contextelderequally share on social
The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification. Derek Bok acquaintacquirecollege share on social
Technology requires knowledge and expertise more than it requires money. Jonathan Raymond expertiseknowledgemoney Change image and share on social
What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge - the ability to defeat propaganda by understanding it. Jimmy Wales abilitybigdefeat Change image and share on social
I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband. Jimmy Wales bigbroadbanddisseminate Change image and share on social
It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. Douglas Coupland backcarefamily Change image and share on social
My father was a lawyer and to my best knowledge nobody in my family before had interest in science. George Andrew Olah familyfatherinterest Change image and share on social
The true nature of soul is right knowledge, right faith and right conduct. The soul, so long as it is subject to transmigration, is undergoing evolution and involution. Virchand Gandhi conductevolutionfaith Change image and share on social
I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. I'm looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate. Talib Kweli communitycontinuedrop Change image and share on social
Throughout the history of spaceflight and the study of effects of exploring to human, space environment to human body, we have accumulated enough knowledge to be able to move over to the next step: getting ready for interplanetary missions, for interplanetary exploration. Roman Romanenko accumulatebodyeffect share on social