Quotes about ignorance
ignorance views appreciate
Misunderstanding are always cause by the inability of appreciating one another's point of view. The best way to dispel ignorance of the doings of others is by a systematic spread of general knowledge. With this object in view, it is most important to aid exchange of thoughts intercourse. Nikola Tesla
ignorance evil effort
Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance, what Buddha called 'the greatest evil in the world.' The friction which results from ignorance ... can be reduced only by the spread of knowledge and the unification of the heterogeneous elements of humanity. No effort could be better spent.
ignorance acceptance odds
Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge and the development of methods for dealing with our ignorance. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
ignorance knowledge information
Information is bad for knowledge.
ignorance knowledge together
It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one.
ignorance knowledge limits
Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut, and don't ask an academic if what he does is relevant.
ignorance math statistics
Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance. Morris Kline
ignorance average cosmetics
The thing that bugs me is the average woman's complete ignorance of the functional purpose of cosmetics, which is to supplement, not conceal. Montgomery Clift
ignorance people knows
The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings. Mignon McLaughlin
ignorance adrenaline adrenaline-rush
I pretty much operate on adrenaline and ignorance. Johnny Knoxville
ignorance profound wells
To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance. John Ruskin
ignorance responsibility
The plea of ignorance will never take away our responsibilities.
ignorance humanity imperfect
Ignorance, which is contented and clumsy, will produce what is imperfect, but not offensive. But ignorance dis contented and dexterous, learning what it cannot understand, and imitating what it cannot enjoy, produces the most loathsome forms of manufacture that can disgrace or mislead humanity.
ignorance thinking people
It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don't think it will come back. Maya Angelou
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 errors
Error is worse than ignorance. Philip James Bailey
ignorance conspiracy
Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance. Penn Jillette
ignorance grace mercy
Nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace... & nothing fosters fear like an ignorance of mercy Max Lucado
ignorance venture sin
We venture to make the assertion that there is but one sin: IGNORANCE, and but one salvation: APPLIED KNOWLEDGE. Max Heindel
ignorance men civilization
Every mob, in its ignorance and blindness and bewilderment, is a League of Frightened Men that seeks reassurance in collective action.
ignorance states apostasy
A state of apostasy is worse than a state of ignorance. Matthew Henry
ignorance discovery bored
A true scientist is bored by knowledge; it is the assault on ignorance that motivates him - the mysteries that previous discoveries have revealed. Matt Ridley