Knowledge quotes

“On a scale of one to ten, you know negative shit, buddy.”
Christian Campbell - John Luke

“You may say that this falls into the great academic tradition of knowing more and more about less and less until we know everything about nothing.”

Julianne Moore - Dr. Alice Howland

“- Steve Everett: I'm writing a human-interest sidebar. Do you know what that is?
- Counter Woman at Pocum's Grocery: No, I don't think I do.
- Steve Everett: I don't think I do either.”
Clint Eastwood - Steve Everett
Linda Hoy - Counter Woman at Pocum's Grocery

“How does one come to know the unknowable? What faculties must a man possess? Since it was discovered that whale oil could light our cities in ways never achieved before, it created global demand. It has pushed man to venture further and further into the deep blue unknown. We know not its depths, nor the host of creatures that live there....” (continue)(continue reading)
Ben Whishaw - Herman Melville

“- Joseph: Boys have a penis, and girls have a vagina.
- Phoebe: Well, I see you've covered the basics.”
Miko Hughes - Joseph
Pamela Reed - Phoebe

“She looked at me like I was a dope, which I never really minded from her. And she had a point, I guess. We knew each other as well then as now. Anyway, well enough.”

Billy Bob Thornton - Ed Crane

“It's not only the immediate agony, but the knowledge... that if you do not yield soon enough... there will be little left to identify you as a man.”
Mads Mikkelsen - Le Chiffre

“This is the place.”

Dean Jagger - Brigham Young

“Why is it that when someone's successful in one field, they think they know about everything?”

Kevin Kline - Mack

“Remembering everything doesn't mean you know everything.”
Julia Stiles - Nicky Parsons

“- Courtney Collins: How were they killed?
- Ex-Deputy So & So: ...You don't want to know.”
Shannyn Sossamon - Courtney Collins
James Ransone - Ex-Deputy So & So

- Unicorn: Say my name then. If you know my name, tell it to me.
- The Butterfly: "Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name...!".
- Unicorn: Say it, if you know.
- The Butterfly: Rumpelstiltskin! Gotcha!

Mia Farrow - Unicorn
Robert Klein - The Butterfly

“- Herman Katzenback: Now you listen to me, Junior, don't you think that I don't know what's going on, because I do know, and now you know that I know.
- Walt Whalen, Jr.: Listen, I don't know what you know that I know, but I do know that you don't know what you think you know.
- Herman Katzenback: Oh no?
- Walt Whalen, Jr.: No.”
Larry Miller - Herman Katzenback
Jeffrey Tambor - Walt Whalen, Jr.

“Knowledge can be a curse.”
Katherine Borowitz - Ann Nirdlinger Brewster

“- Jimmy Tree: Tell me about Stravinsky.
- Fred Ballinger: Well, he once said intellectuals had no taste. And from that moment on, I did everything I could not to become an intellectual. And I succeeded.”
Paul Dano - Jimmy Tree
Sir Michael Caine - Fred Ballinger

“Less than six degrees of separation exist between you and several million strangers who you may or may not encounter in your lifetime. When we understand the structure of this communication net, we stand to grasp a good deal more about the fabric of society.”
Peter Sarsgaard - Stanley Milgram

“- Will Henry: Hey, how do you know where I live?
- Kat: What, dude! Come on, I'm 19. I know everything about everything.”
Jemaine Clement - Will Henry
Jessica Williams - Kat

“Maybe the real God uses tricks, you know? Maybe He's not omnipotent. He's just been around so long He knows everything.”
Bill Murray - Phil

“- Jamie Gangel: You know who Claude Monet is?
- Sandra Gangel: Jamie, don't make me out to be thick.
- Jamie Gangel: Who was he then?
- Sandra Gangel: He painted the Sixteenth Chapel.”
Glen Berry - Jamie Gangel
Linda Henry - Sandra Gangel

“How clever of you, Miss Bingley, to know something of which you are ignorant.”

Greer Garson - Elizabeth Bennet

“Mr. Potter. Our new celebrity. Tell me, what would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood? You don't know? Clearly, fame isn't everything, is it?”
Alan Rickman - Professor Snape

“They must never know that you and I despite everything liked to think of ourselves as a simple song.”

Sir Michael Caine - Fred Ballinger

“I know more about casino security than any man alive, I invented it, and it cannot be beaten. They got cameras, they got locks, they got watchers, they got timers, they got vaults, they got enough armed personnel to occupy Paris!”
Elliott Gould - Reuben Tishkoff

“The thirst for knowledge is a very commendable thing.”

Tom Hanks - Professor G.H. Dorr

“- Bullwinkle: What kind of music is this?
- Karen Sympathy: Hip-hop.
- Bullwinkle: Ok, but I still want to know what kind of music this is.”

Keith Scott - Bullwinkle
Piper Perabo - Karen Sympathy