Jenny Holzer Quotes

A little learning is a dangerous thing.

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.

The possession of knowledge has always been dangerous.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.

We thought because we had power, we had wisdom.

It is better to be ignorant than to half know something.

The most bitter pain among men: to have much knowledge but little power.

Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they'll beat a path to your door.

He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.

Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it.

Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker

The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.

Knowledge is the only thing I take with me when I go.

Knowledge is your weapon...Kill them with it.

Half-knowledge is worse than ignorance.

Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.

By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty: one must not conceal any part of what on has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action.

Knowledge is the key to making a difference.

The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either. So what I’m left with is the memory of having learned something very wise that I can’t quite remember.