Useless Knowledge Quotes

On this page you will find all the quotes on the topic "Useless Knowledge". There are currently 0 quotes in our collection about Useless Knowledge. Discover the TOP 10 sayings about Useless Knowledge!
The best sayings about Useless Knowledge that you can share on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook and other social networks!
  • There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than in our own.

  • Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

    'Rasselas' (1759) ch. 41
  • There's no such thing as useless knowledge. You never know what doors it's going to open up for you.

    "Interview with Dr. Ben Carson on Education". TheBestSchools.org Interview, thebestschools.org.
  • Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.

    Men   Luxury   Doubt  
  • Considered now as a possession, one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten.

    Culture   Useless   Body  
  • Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

  • Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

    Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press
  • It is better to have useless knowledge than to know nothing.

  • Like this gas tank, you are overflowing with preconceptions, full of useless knowledge. You hold many facts and opinions, yet know little of yourself. Before you can learn, you'll have to first empty your tank.

    Tanks   Useless   Littles  
    Dan Millman (2009). “Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives”, p.28, ReadHowYouWant.com
  • Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.

  • There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

    "In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays". Book by Bertrand Russell, Ch. 2: 'Useless' Knowledge, 1935.
  • The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get.

    Wise   Wisdom   Emotional  
    "Distilled Wisdom". Book by Alfred Armand Montapert, p. 145, 1964.
  • It's where we're nearest to our humanness. Useless knowledge for its own sake. Useful knowledge is good, too, but it's for the faint-hearted, an elaboration of the real thing, which is only to shine some light, it doesn't matter where on what, it's the light itself, against the darkness, it's what's left of God's purpose when you take away God.

    Real   Light   Shining  
    Tom Stoppard (1998). “The Invention of Love”, p.71, Grove Press
  • Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

    Wise   Wisdom   Knowledge  
    Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”
  • We should not value education as a means to prosperity, but prosperity as a means to education. Only then will our priorities be right. For education, unlike prosperity is an end in itself. .. power and influence come through the acquisition of useless knowledge. . . irrelevant subjects bring understanding of the human condition, by forcing the student to stand back from it.

  • Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

    "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
Page of
We hope our collection of Useless Knowledge quotes has inspired you! Our collection of sayings about Useless Knowledge is constantly growing (today it includes 0 sayings from famous people about Useless Knowledge), visit us more often and find new quotes from famous authors!
Share our collection of quotes on social networks – this will allow as many people as possible to find inspiring quotes about Useless Knowledge!