Ignorance Quote by Abba Eban Download Open image “His ignorance is encyclopedic.” — Abba Eban ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ignorance
Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he is ignorant, and it is so much carved out… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence. — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing... My surprise reached… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“History teaches us that men and nations only behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." --” — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow. — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort. — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
“If Algeria introduced a resolution that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164… — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don’t worship it. Feed it. [Addressing a group of prospective contributors to an Israeli… — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals. — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective. — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer… — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one if I… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
One of the deepest and strangest of all human moods is the mood which will suddenly strike us perhaps in a garden at night,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion. — Philip Wylie Copy Share Image
... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“If knowledge does not liberate the self from the self, then ignorance is better than such knowledge.” — Hakim Sanai Copy Share Image
You are senile old fool, and because of your impudence, I cannot fathom how you still live! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Surely, God could have caused birds to fly with their bones made of solid gold, with their veins full of quicksilver, with their flesh… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know. Open your eyes to the truth. It’s… — Vashti Quiroz-Vega Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
