Quotes about ignorance
ignorance past destiny
One ship is very much like another and the sea is always the same. In the immutability of their surroundings the foreign shores, the foreign faces, the changing immensity of life, glide past, veiled not by a sense of mystery but by a slightly disdainful ignorance; for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as Destiny. Joseph Conrad
ignorance dawn awareness
It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness dawns. Joshua Ferris
ignorance people bliss
People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening. Laurell K. Hamilton
ignorance land class
Money is what fueled the industrial society. But in the informational society, the fuel, the power, is knowledge. One has now come to see a new class structure divided by those who have information and those who must function out of ignorance. This new class has its power not from money, not from land, but from knowledge. John Kenneth Galbraith
ignorance passion wish
Few economic problems, if any, are difficult of solution. The difficulty, all but invariably, is in confronting them. We know what needs to be done; for reasons of inertia, pecuniary interest, passion or ignorance, we do not wish to say so.
ignorance pride simple
Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride, or laziness of mind. Karl Popper
ignorance paradise-on-earth absence
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
ignorance gains degrees
Going to university is only one avenue to gain knowledge. There are others. A degree isn't insurance against ignorance. Julie Garwood
ignorance bliss ignorance-is-bliss
I'm a believer in 'Ignorance is bliss.' Julianna Margulies
ignorance ice fire
We are ignorant of the Beyond because this ignorance is the condition of our own life. Just as ice cannot know fire except by melting and vanishing. Jules Renard
ignorance diagnosis physicians
I was a bad practicing physician because I was never sure of the diagnosis or of the treatment. Joshua Lederberg
ignorance damage doe
It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so. Josh Billings
ignorance stupidity unconscious
Stupidity,--unconscious ignorance.
ignorance stuff
Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff; ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.
ignorance nurse prejudice
Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.
ignorance reflection arrogance
True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.
ignorance depth illusion
An illusion of depth often occurs if a blockhead is a muddlehead at the same time Karl Kraus
ignorance years trying
We've tried ignorance for a thousand years. It's time we try education. Joycelyn Elders
ignorance world
The world never leaves one in ignorance or in peace. Ouida
ignorance upper-class gone
Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. Oscar Wilde
ignorance caring keys
Three key humanist virtues are courage, cognition, and caring - not dependence, ignorance, or insensitivity to the needs of others. Paul Kurtz
ignorance reality perception
Travelers perceptions do not always reflect the reality of a situation, and ignorance is costing the industry billions. Paul Dowling
ignorance knowledge-and-power evil
Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power - power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. Paul Davies
ignorance together population
Nothing will divide this nation more than ignorance, and nothing can bring us together better than an educated population. John Sculley
ignorance erasmus matter
from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so you in turn will bear with my lack of eloquence. Martin Luther
ignorance progress world
He who wholly renounces himself, and relies not on mere human reason, will make good progress in the Scriptures; but the world comprehends them not, from ignorance of that mortification which is the gift of God's word.
ignorance mean class
The salient feature of America in the Age of Obama is a failed government class institutionally committed to living beyond its means, and a citizenry too many of whom are content to string along. Mark Steyn
ignorance desire
What is hid is unknown: for what is unknown there is no desire. [Lat., Quod latet ignotum est; ignoti nulla cupido.] Ovid
ignorance mind humans
What ignorance there is in human minds.
ignorance humility men
We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference. In such a state, humility is the virtue of men, and their only defense; to walk humbly with God, never doubting, whatever befall, that His will is good, and that His law is right. Paul Elmer More
ignorance greed hatred
Ignorance, hatred and greed are killing nature. Masanobu Fukuoka
ignorance vanity pay
There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life. Mary Wortley Montagu
ignorance fate pride
There must be more equality established in society, or morality will never gain ground, and this virtuous equakity will not rest firmly even when founded on a rock, if one half of mankind be chained to its bottom by fate, for they will be continually undermining it through ignorance or pride Mary Wollstonecraft