Superficial Knowledge Quotes

“He who speaks a bit of a foreign language has more delight in it than he who speaks it well; pleasure goes along with superficial knowledge.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

“Superficial knowledge is potentially more dangerous than ignorance. It gives a false sense of security encouraging an ignorant man to persevere in his efforts that can result in huge damage.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“His knowledge of books, however superficial, was sufficient to impress upon their ignorance respect for his supposed learning;”
― Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe: Sir Walter Scott

“The human mind is capable of greatness, but we have been trained to process information with efficiency, which can sometimes mean superficially. We grab on to salient identifiers, often at the expense of devoting attention to more nuanced details. - Hank Beckman, Pg. 266”
― Alafair Burke, Long Gone