Famous Quotes & Sayings

Abba Eban

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

Charles Sumner

Without knowledge there can be no sure progress. Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance. Nor is it too much to say that, except in rare instances, the highest virtue is attained only through intelligence.

Charles Dudley Warner

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.

Charles Caleb Colton

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

Charles Caleb Colton

Error, when she retraces her steps, has farther to go before she can arrive at truth than ignorance.

Charles Caleb Colton

It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other.

Charles Caleb Colton

Women who are the least bashful are not unfrequently the most modest; and we are never more deceived than when we would infer any laxity of principle from that freedom of demeanor which often arises from a total ignorance of vice.

Charles Caleb Colton

Folly disgusts us less by her ignorance than pedantry by her learning.

Charles Caleb Colton

A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things he does not know, and will gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding his ignorance than the pedant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his erudition.

Amy Jaffe

We really could have a very tight squeeze in October or November because we have no padding.

Dale Frink

We'll run (the outlet) on and off until November 1.

Stephen Rodrick

Some historians trace the start of the War on Terror to November 4, 1979, the day the hostages were taken in Tehran.

David Irving

...the incontrovertible evidence is that Hitler ordered on November 30, 1941, that there was to be 'no liquidation of the Jews.'

Samuel Best

I think he's in real trouble, at least until the November election.

Donald Trump

This is our last time. November 8 [2016].

Dan Patrick

For him to win in November in a four-person race, he must keep the base.

Gail Fosler

November 2001 will be viewed as the trough

Karen Hanretty

Everything that Nunez does between now and November should be put into the perspective of turning out votes in the special election.

Dave Fields

She grounded me very effectively for 30 years.

Dionne Bromfield

If I'm naughty, I'm grounded for two weeks or Mum takes my phone and my laptop because she knows I can't live without them. Sometimes I'll say, 'Mum, do you just want to take my laptop?' because I can still use the Internet on my phone. But now she's going to read this and see what I've been doing.

Victor LaValle

The journalistic endeavor - at least theoretically - is grounded in objectivity. The goal is to get you to understand what happened, when and to whom.

Bruce Jackson

War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum.

Kelly Overton

Being a mom kind of grounded me in a way. Your body takes on a whole new meaning.

Marlon Wayans

'Scary Movie' has lost its way as a franchise. It has turned into 'Disaster Film' and 'Epic Movie' and 'Date Movie' and that isn't what I wanted. I wanted to do a movie that was just grounded in a reality that went to crazy places.

Matt McGorry

For me, my preference for comedy is grounding it in the psychology of the character, and not just kind of making faces. Even when it's a crazy character, grounded comedy resonates more with people because it doesn't look like you're watching someone do vaudeville. No offense to vaudeville.

Tanit Phoenix

I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.

Derrick Sharp

We've got to keep winning, stay grounded and stay hungry.