I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something that is not knowledge. You can present it as faith, you can present it as belief, but you can't present it as fact. Margaret Atwood agnosticbeliefcasual share on social
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. George Bernard Shaw childknowledgepursuit Change image and share on social
On the craft level, writing for children is not so different from writing for adults. You still have to have a story that moves forward. You still have to have the tools of the trade down. The difference arises in the knowledge of who you're writing for. This isn't necessary true of writing for adults. Kathi Appelt adultarisechild share on social
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. Irving Babbitt breadthhumanitarianknowledge Change image and share on social
The type of mind of Whitman's, which seldom or never emerges as a mere mentality, an independent thinking and knowing faculty, but always as a personality, always as a complete human entity, never can expound itself, because its operations are synthetic and not analytic; its mainspring is love and not mere knowledge. John Burroughs analyticcompleteemerge share on social
And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and my conviction that a knowledge of sequences could contribute much to our understanding of living matter. Frederick Sanger centrecontributeconviction share on social
If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say. Barbara McClintock knowledgemattertrack Change image and share on social
We have changing weather patterns, and we have climate change. This is the science. I hope that my party will come to be comfortable with this because we have to operate in the realm of knowledge and science. Chris Gibson changeclimatecomfortable share on social
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. Audrey Hepburn beautifuleyegood Change image and share on social
The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes. Avicenna acquirecompleteknowledge Change image and share on social