#knowledge

"If it were customary to send little girls to school and teach them the same subjects as are taught to boys, they would learn just as fully and would understand the subtleties of all arts and sciences."

"Where the Fuck is Waldo Even whens I finds Waldothat crackhead nigga won't cough up the five dollars he owes me."

"No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much."

"In that case, on behalf of Earthlife, I urge that, with full knowledge of our limitations, we vastly increase our knowledge of the Solar System and then begin to settle other worlds."

"One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge."

"Inspiration vs. Plagiarism [10w] Inspiration is improving on another's idea;plagiarism is copy/paste piracy."

"Definition of Haiku in Haiku Due to brevityyour lame observations seemdeeper than they are."

"Preachiness vs. Prose vs. Poetry A poem that says what it means is prose;if it means what it says it's a sermon.Leave the homiletics for the priestsprose for the journalistsand soulful resonancefor the poets."

"They'd Rather Switch [10w] Hearing is wasted on the blind;sight, on the deaf."

"From the mouths of the innocents flows truth."

"We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it too great a preponderance in method in every other branch of study."

"Knowledge is as infinite as the universe. The man who claims to know all only reveals to all that he really knows nothing."

"Self-Contempt [10w] Self-contempt is calling yourself collect and refusing to accept the charges."

"It is easy to understand that in the dreary middle ages the Aristotelian logic would be very acceptable to the controversial spirit of the schoolmen, which, in the absence of all real knowledge, spent its energy upon mere formulas and words, and that it would be eagerly adopted even in its mutilated Arabian form, and presently established as the centre of all knowledge."

"Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing."

"To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence."

"Publisher's Persuasion "You're much too good a writer to want a six figure advance. You don't want your readers to think you're only writing for money ~ do you?"

"Vacations for Souls [10w] When souls are bored in Heaven they vacation in Hell."

"Poetry Calling [10w] Poetry's not a calling.It's a whispering in your ear."

"Nevada Haiku 'Happens in Vegasstays in Vegas', long as youpay hos to shut up."