Knowledge is power

Explore 3 quotes about Knowledge is power

Sort

Information is not power. If information were power, than librarians would be the most powerful people on the planet.

Bruce Sterling

There are no other quotes by this person in the Bon Mots database.

More information about this quote

Topic

Speaker

Medium

Language

Time

Authentication Score 1

More information on Authentication Score coming soon.

Citation

Sterling, Bruce. Speech in Houston. Social Work Futures Conference. 23 May 1994, Houston, TX, USA.

Citation text copied to clipboard.

The mind is like a muscle, okay, and if you want it to be really powerful, you got to work it out. Ok? Each new fact gives you another choice. Each new idea builds another muscle, okay, and it’s those muscles that are going to make you really strong. Those are your weapons and in this unsafe world, I want to arm you...Look, okay, if at the end of the term, you’re not faster, stronger, and smarter, you will have lost nothing. But if you are, you’ll be that much tougher to knock down.

Dangerous Minds

There are no other quotes from this source in the Bon Mots database.

Watch Dangerous Minds at Amazon Watch Dangerous Minds at Amazon

More information about this quote

Topic

Speaker

Actor

Source

Medium

Genre

Language

Time

Authentication Score 3

More information on Authentication Score coming soon.

Citation

Dangerous Minds. Directed by John N. Smith, Hollywood Pictures, 1995.

Citation text copied to clipboard.

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

Ida B. Wells

There are no other quotes by this person in the Bon Mots database.

More information about this quote

Topic

Author

Source

Medium

Genre

Language

Time

Authentication Score 2

More information on Authentication Score coming soon.

Original Citation

Wells, Ida B. "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases." 5 Oct. 1892, New York City, NY, USA.

Original citation text copied to clipboard.

Current Citation

Wells, Ida B. "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases." Great Speeches by American Women. Dover Publications, 2012.

Current citation text copied to clipboard.