#owl

Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#coerce #derives #knowledge #others #power

Scientia is knowledge. It is only in the popular mind that it is equated with facts. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#facts #knowledge #mind #only #popular

I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#based #cannot #communication #conscious #contrary

Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club image. We were talking to people who go bowling on Thursday night, and they were understanding what we were saying. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#bowling #bowling alley #club #country #country club

Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#fight #move #over #politics #same

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#hungry #knowledge #new #new knowledge #species

These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#better #communities #done #elected #energy

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#dangerous #dangerous thing #half #ignorance #knowledge

If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged. ↗

— Richard Price

#acknowledged #book #center #character #integrate

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one. ↗

— Romano Prodi

#becoming #better #constitution #good #having