Humorous Quotations

Knowledge and Learning

I am not young enough to know everything.

Oscar Wilde

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Oscar Wilde

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

Derek Bok

I am always ready to learn, but I do not always like being taught.

Winston Churchill

Every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

Elber Hubbard

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.

Mark Twain

Super-competence is more objectionable than incompetence.

Peter's Observation

What you don't know will always hurt you.

Peter's Observation

The fellow who thinks he knows it all is especially annoying to those of us who do.

Harold Coffin

One never realizes how much and how little he knows until he starts talking.

Louis L'Amour

Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates...

Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell

So you see! There's no end to the things you might know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.

Dr. Seuss

Intelligence is like a four-wheel drive. It allows you to get stuck in more remote places.

Garrison Keillor

When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

George Bernard Shaw

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

Samuel Butler

Logic is like the sword – those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

Samuel Butler

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

Bertrand Russell