The more I have studied Lincoln the more I have followed his thought processes the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than any other American president.

And I'm walking along and we're laughing kidding joking and see he understood the leader the one we called the leader had some knowledge of English although limited.

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.

No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings.

A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows.

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense as a method for comprehending all observable reality and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.

The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I we are one in knowledge.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.

Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence.