Applied Knowledge Quotes

“One rather curious conclusion emerges, that pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. ... For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.”
― G.H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology

“People rely on intelligence to solve problems, and they are naturally baffled when comprehension proves impotent to effect emotional change. To the neocortical brain, rich in the power of abstractions, understanding makes all the difference, but it doesn’t count for much in the neural systems that evolved before understanding existed. Ideas bounce like so many peas off the sturdy incomprehension of the limbic and reptilian brains. The dogged implicitness of emotional knowledge, its relentless unreasoning force, prevents logic from granting salvation just as it precludes self-help books from helping. The sheer volume and variety of self-help paraphernalia testify at once to the vastness of the appetite they address and their inability to satisfy it.”
― Thomas Lewis, A General Theory of Love

“When information overload strikes again, I reach for a mantra: Knowledge is power. Applied knowledge is powerful.”
― Vindy Teja

“Listening to criticisms – and being self-critical – has been and remains central to the survival, growth, expansion, relevance, and applicability of feminism”
― Lisa Kemmerer, Sister Species: Women, Animals and Social Justice

“Be practical about life. It doesn't matter how much you know, true living is applied knowledge.”
― Benjamin Suulola

“Applied knowledge is effective power. It drives innovation and growth”
― Benjamin Kofi Quansah

“Knowledge is power. Applied knowledge is powerful and impactful”
― Benjamin Kofi Quansah