To: CottonBall
"....Thanks for the 'word'.....",p> You're welcome; just my thoughts.
I once heard it expressed this way: Knowledge can be learned from books; it's what a person does with that knowledge that makes him "wise".
2,999 posted on
01/24/2008 10:58:35 PM PST by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
To: Victor
Knowledge can be learned from books; it's what a person does with that knowledge that makes him "wise".
So true. That's the sentiment I was asking about, I think. Unless someone DOES something with that knowledge to benefit society, it's useless.
3,003 posted on
01/24/2008 11:00:02 PM PST by
CottonBall
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