Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.

Quote by Abbott Lawrence Lowell

Topics: Knowledge Quotes, University Quotes

Universities are full of Knowledge; the freshmen bring a little in, the seniors take none...

Universities are full of Knowledge; the freshmen bring a little in, the seniors take none...

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us in trouble. It's...

It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us in trouble. It's...

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can...

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can...

Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is...

Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

Knowledge is only potential power

Knowledge is only potential power

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought...

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought...

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who...

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who...

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character,...

The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character,...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...