No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much.

Robert McKee
No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its...
No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its...
No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its...
No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its...
About This Quote

A civilization is not destroyed because it becomes too knowledgeable; rather, it will be destroyed by its ignorance.

Source: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, And The Principles Of Screenwriting

Some Similar Quotes
  1. A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. - Elbert Hubbard

  2. The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. - Friedrich Nietzsche

  3. Ur be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the... - Dorothy Parker

  4. The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love. - Meister Eckhart

  5. Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.] - Gautama Buddha

More Quotes By Robert McKee
  1. What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens.

  2. Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what the world asks of you is courage, courage to risk rejection, ridicule and failure. As you follow the quest for...

  3. If the story you're telling, is the story you're telling, you're in deep shit.

  4. When talented people write badly, it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they're driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They're moved...

  5. All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.

Related Topics