Poul Anderson on Knowledge
Browse 9 quotations attributed to Poul Anderson, catalogued under knowledge, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Poul Anderson, entry #203268: "You should pay no heed to what some yokel priest has prated of. What does he know?"
Attributed to Poul Anderson, entry #133744: "I also know you cannot pick and choose. Change is a medicine bundle. You must refuse it altogether, or take the whole thing."
9 Quotes by Poul Anderson on Knowledge
"You should pay no heed to what some yokel priest has prated of. What does he know?"
"I also know you cannot pick and choose. Change is a medicine bundle. You must refuse it altogether, or take the whole thing."
"“Do you know,” said Maclaren, “there is one sin which is punished with unfailing certainty, and must therefore be the deadliest sin in all time. Stupidity."
"You know what they say about bold spacemen never becoming old spacemen."
"It was lonely, not even knowing yourself."
"On our Earth, we’ve perforce learned all the knavery there is to know."
"Know that against time the gods themselves are powerless."
"Absolute proof of absolute knowledge is impossible."
"They tell me our kind was friendly with the old gods, and with older gods before them. Yet never have we made offering or worship. I’ve tried and failed to understand such things. Does a god need flesh or gold? Does it matter to him how you live? Does it swerve him if you grovel and whimper? Does he care whether you care about him?"