I'm not a type-B personality who knows I have a cancer growing inside of me and can live with the knowledge. I go into a kung-fu attack position when I go through the door of a hospital. Norman Schwarzkopf attackcancerdoor Change image and share on social
The knowledge that we have about what it is to be human that we have as a child is something we necessarily must lose. Dennis Potter childhumanknowledge Change image and share on social
In the present state of our knowledge, it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cause of the electrical energy... its relation to chemical affinity is, however, sufficiently evident. May it not be identical with it, and an essential property of matter? Humphry Davy affinityattemptchemical share on social
A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting. Charlie Trotter basebasischef Change image and share on social
In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win. George Bernard Shaw battleblooddangerous Change image and share on social
When a child comes in, I believe that it's a 'multipersonhood,' and it knows it, its consciousness knows it, and it has a nuclei in the center of its consciousness that is the repository of all experience and all knowledge. And when you look in the eyes of your baby and you feel this sense that they are an old soul, I believe indeed they are. Shirley MacLaine babycenterchild share on social
The pilgrims on the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock. To my knowledge, they didn't wait around for a return trip to Europe. You settle some place with a purpose. If you don't want to do that, stay home. You avoid an awful lot of risks by not venturing outward. Buzz Aldrin avoidawfuleurope share on social
My own view about knowledge is we're always better to have knowledge. Leroy Hood knowledgeview Change image and share on social
The author always knows more than the reader does at the start of a novel, and gradually, they share that knowledge with the reader - that's storytelling. Simon Toyne authorgraduallyknowledge Change image and share on social
Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term 'doubting Thomas' well illustrates the difference. Paul Davies basecontrastdifference share on social