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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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