Quotes about ignorance
ignorance mean fifty
Fifty per cent of the public doesn't know what 'fifty per cent' means. Patricia Hewitt
ignorance knows
Know not what you know, and see not what you see. [Lat., Etiam illud quod scies nesciveris; Ne videris quod videris.] Plautus
ignorance past men
We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be others in the future, caused by the wickedness of captains and crews alike. For these are guilty men, whose sin is supreme ignorance of what matters most. Plato
ignorance roots evil
Ignorance: the root of all evil.
ignorance curiosity ridiculous
To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.
ignorance skills judging
And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not because of ignorance that we judge well.
ignorance roots causes
Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.
ignorance my-own knows
All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance
ignorance soul sickness
Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul
ignorance determined kind
Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion. Philip Wylie
ignorance oblivion bliss
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion.
ignorance ignorant citizens
Scientists habitually moan that the public doesn't understand them. But they complain too much: public ignorance isn't peculiar to science. It's sad if some citizens can't tell a proton from a protein. But it's equally sad if they're ignorant of their nation's history, can't speak a second language, or can't find Venezuela or Syria on a map. Martin Rees
ignorance men mustache
A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a fine mustache. Men of wisdom so often do. Laini Taylor
ignorance reality rights
We must go beyond the arrogance of human rights. We must go beyond the ignorance of civil rights. We must step into the reality of natural rights because all of the natural world has a right to existence and we are only a small part of it. There can be no trade-off. John Trudell
ignorance men law
Ignorance of the law excuses no man. John Selden
ignorance men law
Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.
ignorance biblical two
Papal infallibility and biblical inerrancy are the two ecclesiastical versions of this human idolatry. Both papal infallibility and biblical inerrancy require widespread and unchallenged ignorance to sustain their claims to power. Both are doomed as viable alternatives for the long- range future of anyone. John Shelby Spong
ignorance blessing choices
Every time you make a choice that expresses respect for life, you bring a little more love in your body, into your family, into our society, and into a world that is calling out for this blessing. John Robbins
ignorance justice principles
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. John Rawls
ignorance intelligent dangerous
It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence. James Russell Lowell
ignorance tyrants slave
Tyrants are but the spawn of Ignorance, Begotten by the slaves they trample on.
ignorance difficult
Ignorance once dispelled is difficult to reestablish. Laurence J. Peter
ignorance ignorant armor
Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.
ignorance names chance
Chance is a name for our ignorance. Leslie Stephen
ignorance experts
Nothing is more securely lodged than the ignorance of the experts. Friedrich August von Hayek
ignorance achievement liberty
...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of the factors on which the achievements of our ends and welfare depend.
ignorance giving information
Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a physical theory, a scientist would certainly be expected to give precise information?
ignorance civilization profound
The Socratic maxim that the recognition of our ignorance is the beginning of wisdom has profound significance for our understanding of society. Most of the advantages of social life, especially in the more advanced forms that we call "civilization" rest on the fact that the individual benefits from more knowledge than he is aware of. It might be said that civilization begins when the individual in the pursuit of his ends can make use of more knowledge than he has himself acquired and when he can transcend the boundaries of his ignorance by profiting from knowledge he does not himself possess.
ignorance planes adversaries
On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries. Frederick Soddy
ignorance science men
Scientific men can hardly escape the charge of ignorance with regard to the precise effect of the impact of modern science upon the mode of living of the people and upon their civilisation.
ignorance men sin
But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the scientific man is ignorance.
ignorance men errors
There is no sinfulness in the will and affections without some error in the understanding. All lusts which a natural man lives in, are lusts of ignorance. George Gillespie
ignorance people enemy
The only enemy is ignorance. Peace, people. Let's get rid of all this nuclear testing. Jon Bon Jovi