Veronica Roth Quotes

The public does not know what is possible. We do.

I just don't like the feeling of knowing something that somebody else doesn't.

I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.

The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.

Do not share your inventions with many; share them only with the few who understand and love the sciences.

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.

Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.

There are good reasons why we don't want everyone to learn nuclear physics, medicine or how financial markets work. Our entire modern project has been about delegating power over us to skilled people who want to do the work and be rewarded accordingly.

The less people know about what is going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority.

The possession of knowledge has always been dangerous.

Knowledge is a form of power and most institutions exhibit an understandable reluctance to dissipate this power in the absence of compensating advantages

Creators of history always play with our impotence and our ignorance.

All professions are conspiracies against the laity.

Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret us no fun. And although you dont want others to know what the secret is, you want them to at least know you have one.

And in my classes, I will talk most of the time, and you will listen most of the time. Because you may be smart, but I've been smart longer.

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.

Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.

The expert is a midwife. The expert is not someone who has the authority to pronounce the last word on the subject.

It's common platitude that knowledge is neutral but every now and then it would be useful if it were on your side and not theirs.

I remember asking one of the [cyber experts], I said, "Knowing what you know, and you exist behind the curtains so to speak, and you see behind the curtain, do you look at the world differently? Do you feel you have an upper hand?" He just started laughing and said, "Man, people have no idea how exposed they are, how vulnerable, and what's possible."

Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering.

Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

The familiarity of superiors embitters one, because it may not be returned.

I would have every man write what he knows and no more.