William Safire Quotes

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it.

Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder.

There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

For me it's been very exciting to contribute to the public's understanding of how rich and wondrous science is.

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

I like the facts. I find them interesting.

Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.

Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin.

Intelligence is nothing without delight.

I delight not in spreading any thing mysterious, for I consider it all lost time; but the things that all of us can see and know if we will.

I don't think Brian Cox does 'The Wonders of the Solar System' because he believes the world would be a better place if people understood about the rings of Saturn; I just think he finds physics extremely interesting. It brings him joy, and he wants to spread the love. I feel the same about economics.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

I am absolutely intrigued by life, and I really want to hold onto it.

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage.

The more you learn, the more you realize how much there is to learn.