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|01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing [[sense of life|worth doing]] was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|accurate]] [[information]] in the world.'''<br /> | |01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing [[sense of life|worth doing]] was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|accurate]] [[information]] in the world.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Mead]] (1901 - 1978)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Mead]] (1901 - 1978)</cite> | ||
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<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Feynman]] (1918-1988), American physicist</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Feynman]] (1918-1988), American physicist</cite> | ||
|30 = '''The more I [[desire|want]] to get something [[action|done]], the less I call it [[work]].'''<br /> | |30 = '''The more I [[desire|want]] to get something [[action|done]], the less I call it [[work]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]] | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]</cite> | ||
|31 = '''The problem is not how to increase an already large stock of [[information]] but how to increase people’s ability to find [[usefulness|useful]] information, to [[judgement|judge]] what is [[reliability|reliable]] and [[relevance|relevant]] for them at that moment, to make sense of the sometimes [[conflict]]ing information with which they are faced, and then to engage in [[communication]] and [[discussion]] when [[appropriateness|appropriate]].'''<br /> | |31 = '''The problem is not how to increase an already large stock of [[information]] but how to increase people’s ability to find [[usefulness|useful]] information, to [[judgement|judge]] what is [[reliability|reliable]] and [[relevance|relevant]] for them at that moment, to make sense of the sometimes [[conflict]]ing information with which they are faced, and then to engage in [[communication]] and [[discussion]] when [[appropriateness|appropriate]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/the-masis-report_en.pdf MASIS report] of the [[European Commission]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/the-masis-report_en.pdf MASIS report] of the [[European Commission]]<br /></cite> | ||
|32 = '''It is the mark of an [[education|educated]] [[mind]] to be able to entertain a [[thought]] without accepting it.'''<br /> | |32 = '''It is the mark of an [[education|educated]] [[mind]] to be able to entertain a [[thought]] without accepting it.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]<br /></cite> | ||
|33 = '''[[Knowledge]] is not simply another [[commodity]]. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by [[diffusion]] and grows by [[dispersion]].'''<br /> | |33 = '''[[Knowledge]] is not simply another [[commodity]]. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by [[diffusion]] and grows by [[dispersion]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Daniel Boorstin]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Daniel Boorstin]]<br /></cite> | ||
|34 = '''The only source of [[knowledge]] is [[experience]].'''<br /> | |34 = '''The only source of [[knowledge]] is [[experience]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Albert Einstein]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Albert Einstein]]<br /></cite> | ||
|35 = '''All the [[world]] is a [[laboratory]] to the inquiring [[mind]].'''<br /> | |35 = '''All the [[world]] is a [[laboratory]] to the inquiring [[mind]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Martin H. Fischer]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Martin H. Fischer]]<br /></cite> | ||
|36 = '''[[Knowledge]] is a process of [[pile|piling]] up [[fact]]s; [[wisdom]] lies in their [[simplification]].'''<br /> | |36 = '''[[Knowledge]] is a process of [[pile|piling]] up [[fact]]s; [[wisdom]] lies in their [[simplification]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Martin H. Fischer]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Martin H. Fischer]]<br /></cite> | ||
|37 = '''Real [[knowledge]] is to know the extent of one's [[ignorance]].'''<br /> | |37 = '''Real [[knowledge]] is to know the extent of one's [[ignorance]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite> | ||
|38 = '''[[Words]] constitute the ultimate [[texture]] and [[stuff]] of our [[morale|moral being]], since they are the most refined and delicate and detailed, as well as the most universally used and understood, of the [[symbolism]]s whereby we express ourselves into existence.'''<br /> | |38 = '''[[Words]] constitute the ultimate [[texture]] and [[stuff]] of our [[morale|moral being]], since they are the most refined and delicate and detailed, as well as the most universally used and understood, of the [[symbolism]]s whereby we express ourselves into existence.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Iris Murdoch]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Iris Murdoch]]<br /></cite> | ||
|39 = '''You [[teaching|teach]] best what you most need to [[learning|learn]].'''<br /> | |39 = '''You [[teaching|teach]] best what you most need to [[learning|learn]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]<br /> </cite> | ||
|40 = '''The beginning of [[knowledge]] is the [[discovery]] of something we do not [[understanding|understand]].'''<br /> | |40 = '''The beginning of [[knowledge]] is the [[discovery]] of something we do not [[understanding|understand]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Frank Herbert]], American [[science fiction]] author (1920 - 1986)<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Frank Herbert]], American [[science fiction]] author (1920 - 1986)<br /> </cite> | ||
|41 = '''Education is not filling a [[bucket]] but lighting a [[fire]].'''<br /> | |41 = '''Education is not filling a [[bucket]] but lighting a [[fire]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[William Butler Yeats]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[William Butler Yeats]]<br /></cite> | ||
|42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull.'''<br /> | |42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[David McCullough]], from ''Mornings on Horseback''<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[David McCullough]], from ''Mornings on Horseback''<br /></cite> | ||
|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<br /> | |43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Wislawa Szymborska]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Wislawa Szymborska]]<br /> | ||
|44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and [[opinion]]; the former begets [[knowledge]], the later [[ignorance]].'''<br /> | |44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and [[opinion]]; the former begets [[knowledge]], the later [[ignorance]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /></cite> | ||
|45 = '''Well begun is half done.'''<br /> | |45 = '''Well begun is half done.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]''<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]''<br /></cite> | ||
|46 = '''Every minute of every day, millions of curious [[ape]]s click billions of [[hyperlink|links]], each tracing their own miniature voyages of [[discovery]].'''<br /> | |46 = '''Every minute of every day, millions of curious [[ape]]s click billions of [[hyperlink|links]], each tracing their own miniature voyages of [[discovery]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Martin Robbins]] in a [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/28/science-journalism-spoof blog post] for [[The Guardian]]''<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Martin Robbins]] in a [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/28/science-journalism-spoof blog post] for [[The Guardian]]''<br /></cite> | ||
|47 = '''Study the past if you would divine the [[future]].'''<br /> | |47 = '''Study the past if you would divine the [[future]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]]<br /></cite> | ||
|48 = '''What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.'''<br /> | |48 = '''What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Henry David Thoreau]]''<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Henry David Thoreau]]''<br /> | ||
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|63 = '''Writing is easy. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.'''<br /> | |63 = '''Writing is easy. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Red Smith]]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Red Smith]]</cite> | ||
|64 = <b>The writer tries to move stuff from his brain into the brains of his readers, using words as his only tools. Good writing doesn't just transport ideas—it gives the reader a visceral experience, as if the writer is reaching inside his skull, grabbing fistfuls of neurons, twisting them, petting them, and sometimes crushing them.</b><br /> | |||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://www.quora.com/Writing/What-should-everyone-know-about-writing Marcus Geduld]</cite> | |||
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The problem is not how to increase an already large stock of information but how to increase people’s ability to find useful information, to judge what is reliable and relevant for them at that moment, to make sense of the sometimes conflicting information with which they are faced, and then to engage in communication and discussion when appropriate.
— MASIS report of the European Commission
—add a quote about knowledge or writing