Famous Quotes

"Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two."

John Cheever on Knowledge

More quotes about Knowledge

• "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."

  Albert Einstein on Knowledge

• "Information is not knowledge."

  Albert Einstein on Knowledge

• "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

  Marcus Garvey on Knowledge

• "Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be."

  Albert Einstein on Knowledge

• "Ignorance is the curse of God knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."

  William Shakespeare on Knowledge

More quotes by John Cheever

• "I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone."

• "For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty."

• "The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness."

• "When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places."

• "Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house."