“We know less about the ocean's bottom than about the moon's back side.” KnowsScienceSidesKnowledgeMoonOceanBottomBack Side Author:Roger Revelle
“Knowledge-it excites prejudices to call it science-is advancing as irresistibly, as majestically, as remorselessly as the ocean moves in upon the shore.” KnowsMovingScienceKnowledgeOceanAccountsPrejudiceShoreAdvancing Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” KnowsWorldInspirationalMayHas BeensSeemsTruthSuccessScienceFunNatureBoysKnowledgeSeaTrustTruth IsOceanFindingsOrdinaryScientistLaysPhysicsUpliftingNow And ThenShellsMiscellaneousPebblesTruth And LiesMath And ScienceMathematics And ScienceChildren PlayingGreat ScienceGreat ScientistScience PhysicsOcean SeaLike A BoyOceans And SeasSeashoreBeach And OceanBeach OceanBest ScienceKnowing The TruthSea And BeachCool BeachDiscovery And InventionDiscovering The TruthI Know The TruthPebble BeachSea ShellBefore And Now Author:Isaac Newton
“Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.” LittlesKnowledgeSeaOceanBeachIslandsOcean SeaOceans And SeasBeach And OceanBeach OceanSea And BeachCool Beach Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer
“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.” DoeScienceGrowsKnowledgeLearningSeaIgnoranceOceanIgnorantIslandsShoreKnowledge And Ignorance Author:John Archibald Wheeler
“The great obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.” EarthKnowledgeAtheismIgnoranceShapesOceanIllusionObstaclesDiscoveringContinentsGreatest ObstaclesKnowledge And IgnoranceDiscovering Something Author:Daniel J. Boorstin
“We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of preeminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war.” PeopleIfsMenWarStatesHelpingScienceUsedForceSpaceUnitedKnowledgeTechnologyUnited StatesRightsProgressSeaPositionDependsOceanConscienceTheaterIllNuclearPresidentialSailScience And TechnologyNew KnowledgeOcean SeaKnowledge GainedSpace Science Author:John F. Kennedy
“Data isn't information. ... Information, unlike data, is useful. While there's a gulf between data and information, there's a wide ocean between information and knowledge. What turns the gears in our brains isn't information, but ideas, inventions, and inspiration. Knowledge-not information-implies understanding. And beyond knowledge lies what we should be seeking: wisdom.” ShouldIdeasInspirationScienceLyingTurnsUnderstandingBrainKnowledgeInformationOceanSeekingWideInventionDataGears Author:Clifford Stoll