Most of my life wasn't about knowledge from books, but experiential knowledge. Votes: 5
My own special knowledge is about the Abenaki people and, to some degree, my Iroquois neighbors. But whenever I write anything about another tribal nation, I always get a lot of help. Not just from books, but from people who belong to that tribal nation. Votes: 1
I have no personal experience in the military. All I know about it is what I've seen in movies and read in books and watched on television. My knowledge is probably no more or no less than the average person's. 'A Brief Encounter with the Enemy' was created by taking bits and pieces from here and there, and then putting my own spin on them. Votes: 1
The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading. Votes: 0
Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all. Votes: 0
Books worth reading are worth re-reading. Votes: 4 Holbrook Jackson
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. Votes: 6 Marcus Garvey