--- title: "1 Know Ignorance Quotes By Greg Bear" description: "1 Know Ignorance quotes by Greg Bear. Plus more from Greg Bear and more Know Ignorance sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/greg-bear-12310_defeat_to-fight-an-enemy-properly-you-have-to-k_751083.jpg" --- > [To fight an enemy properly, you have to know what they are. Ignorance is defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/to-fight-an-enemy-properly-you-have-to-know-what-they-are-ignorance/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/greg-bear-12310_defeat_to-fight-an-enemy-properly-you-have-to-k_751083.jpg) ## More by Greg Bear > [Man is the poet who kills, Woman the angel who eats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/man-is-the-poet-who-kills-woman-the-angel-who-eats/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [Life on earth is hard. Competition for the necessities of life is fierce. How ridiculous to believe that the law of harsh survival would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/life-on-earth-is-hard-competition-for-the-necessities-of-life-is/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [It's kind of a misnomer about science fiction that science fiction is about anything other than people. It's about people doing stuff, sometimes doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/it-s-kind-of-a-misnomer-about-science-fiction-that-science-fiction-is/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [“Nature is a bitch goddess.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/nature-is-a-bitch-goddess/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [“The sorrow never dies; it is merely pearled by time. No”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/the-sorrow-never-dies-it-is-merely-pearled-by-time-no/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [Sometimes I feel like a beetle crawling through a fusion power plant. I can feel a certain amount, see a certain amount, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/sometimes-i-feel-like-a-beetle-crawling-through-a-fusion-power-plant/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [Welcome to the truth of our world-a massive seed shot out to the stars, filled with deadly children. A seed designed to slay everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/welcome-to-the-truth-of-our-world-a-massive-seed-shot-out-to-the/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [Apocalypse could not be repealed by the democratic process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/apocalypse-could-not-be-repealed-by-the-democratic-process/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [“BBQ Grills There are a number of gas grills which might be obtainable to the market. Grill professionals from different manufactures point out that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/bbq-grills-there-are-a-number-of-gas-grills-which-might-be-obtainable/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [“You seem to like helping, taking care of people," he said. "That is admirable." "You enjoy being nurtured?" "Well, that isn’t all you promise.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/you-seem-to-like-helping-taking-care-of-people-he-said-that-is/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [For years, even before 9/11, I've been trying to warn that the threat from amateur biolabs will ultimately turn out to be far more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/for-years-even-before-9-11-i-ve-been-trying-to-warn-that-the-threat/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [Nothing is lost. Nothing is forgotten.It was in the blood, the flesh,And now it is forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/nothing-is-lost-nothing-is-forgotten-it-was-in-the-blood-the-flesh/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [To fight an enemy properly, you have to know what they are. Ignorance is defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/to-fight-an-enemy-properly-you-have-to-know-what-they-are-ignorance/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [“the children were no longer fast gods, but pigeons in the head of a very quiet, dark bomb,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/the-children-were-no-longer-fast-gods-but-pigeons-in-the-head-of-a/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) > [Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings — stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/once-poets-were-magicians-poets-were-strong-stronger-than-warriors-or/) [Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-ignorance/greg-bear/#itemlist", "name": "1 Know Ignorance Quotes By Greg Bear", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To fight an enemy properly, you have to know what they are. 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