Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rig Veda

One should always strive for knowledge so that ignorance never touches him.

Dennis Prager

Given the unprecedented ignorance of the Bible in contemporary America, it is likely that more young Americans will only know the Noah of 'Noah.' We can only hope that the film offers even a fraction of the wisdom of the original.

Deng Xiaoping

Even if they're functioning out of ignorance, they are still participating and must be suppressed. In China, even one million people can be considered a small sum.

Denis Diderot

Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.

Denis Diderot

It seems to me that if one had kept silence up to now regarding religion, people would still be submerged in the most grotesque and dangerous superstition ... regarding government, we would still be groaning under the bonds of feudal government ... regarding morals, we would still be having to learn what is virtue and what is vice. To forbid all these discussions, the only ones worthy of occupying a good mind, is to perpetuate the reign of ignorance and barbarism.

Edgar Mitchell

Space exploration must be undertaken not only out of simple human curiosity but also to further the survival of the species. The twentieth century has seen the unprecedented development and proliferation of magnificent technologies. Many of them, through design, ignorance, or misuse, are capable of destroying life as well as enhancing it. Space exploration alone holds the promise of eventual escape from a dying planet, provided we wisely manage our resources in the meantime and actually survive that long.

Edgar Mitchell

Our ignorance, and it is based on the egos we have. It is the unwillingness to go beyond ego.

Edgar Mitchell

There are no unnatural or supernatural phenomenon, only very large gaps in our knowledge of what is natural... we should strive to fill those gaps of ignorance.

Elbert Hubbard

Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.

Albert Schweitzer

Only when an ideal of peace is born in the minds of the peoples will the institutions set up to maintain this peace effectively fulfill the function expected of them.

Richie Benaud

Let's just say that at 74 I'm in the mindset that, having been free-to-air, I want to stay free-to-air.

William Wordsworth

Minds that have nothing to conferFind little to perceive.

Daina Parent

Mind over matter, baby. This is what we've trained for all year. This is ours.

Ron Oden

None of this has anything to do with me running. So, what's the real issue? What is the issue? I can't get into the minds of people.

Proverb Proverbs

Money spent on the mind is never spent in vain.

Nikolai Gogol

Never mind beauty! Concentrate on the things that matter.

Theophilus London

When you're a kid, you're only exposed to what's going on in your mind. The mind is like a bigger-than-outer-space type of thing.

Douglas Booth

I get bored quite easily, so I like to keep my mind entertained by challenging myself.

Elbert Hubbard

Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.

Elizabeth Blackwell

Prejudice is more violent the blinder it is ...

Deepak Chopra

Don't shut down the feedback loop with judgment, rigid beliefs, and prejudices.

Abdu'l Baha

Prejudices of any kind are the destroyers of human happiness & welfare.

Jena Malone

If they made 'Pride & Prejudice 2,' Lydia would become more of a tragic figure,

Francis J. Grimke

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

Sarah Delany

I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.

Cher

One thing about prejudices -- once you break one of them, you're screwed, because then they all have got to go.

Charlotte Lennox

Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.