--- title: "1 Treasure House Quotes By John Lloyd" description: "1 Treasure House quotes by John Lloyd. Plus more from John Lloyd and more Treasure House sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/john-lloyd-16779_ignorance_what-we-need-is-a-treasure-house-not-of_2777036.jpg" --- > [“What we need is a treasure house, not of knowledge, but of ignorance. Something that gives not answers but questions. Something that shines light, not on already garish facts, but into the dark, damp corners of ignorance. And”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/what-we-need-is-a-treasure-house-not-of-knowledge-but-of-ignorance/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/john-lloyd-16779_ignorance_what-we-need-is-a-treasure-house-not-of_2777036.jpg) ## More by John Lloyd > [“As a baby, Oliver Cromwell was abducted by his grandfather’s pet monkey.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/as-a-baby-oliver-cromwell-was-abducted-by-his-grandfather-s-pet-monkey/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“James Joyce married a woman named Nora Barnacle. She once said to him, ‘Why don’t you write books people can read?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/james-joyce-married-a-woman-named-nora-barnacle-she-once-said-to-him/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“Tour de France riders need to eat the equivalent of 27 cheeseburgers a day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/tour-de-france-riders-need-to-eat-the-equivalent-of-27-cheeseburgers/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“There is no known scientific way of predicting earthquakes. The most reliable method is to count the number of missing cats in the local…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/there-is-no-known-scientific-way-of-predicting-earthquakes-the-most/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“Where does Chicken Tikka Masala come from? Glasgow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/where-does-chicken-tikka-masala-come-from-glasgow/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [Jokes are a lot about meaning. I think if we understand what jokes mean and why they work, we'd understand everything else. Genuinely I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/jokes-are-a-lot-about-meaning-i-think-if-we-understand-what-jokes/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“Only 2% of women describe themselves as beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/only-2-of-women-describe-themselves-as-beautiful/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“About 200,000 academic journals are published in English each year. The average number of readers per article is five.   The average numbers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/about-200-000-academic-journals-are-published-in-english-each-year/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“When John Hetherington ventured out in public wearing the first top hat, it was considered so shocking that children screamed, women fainted, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/when-john-hetherington-ventured-out-in-public-wearing-the-first-top/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“In Switzerland, it is illegal to keep just one guinea pig.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/in-switzerland-it-is-illegal-to-keep-just-one-guinea-pig/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“Robert Burns was never called Rabbie or Robbie—though he did occasionally call himself Spunkie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/robert-burns-was-never-called-rabbie-or-robbie-though-he-did/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [The universe is fractal. The closer you look at it, the more interesting it becomes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/the-universe-is-fractal-the-closer-you-look-at-it-the-more/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“British spies stopped using semen as invisible ink because it began to smell if it wasn’t fresh.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/british-spies-stopped-using-semen-as-invisible-ink-because-it-began/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“Kummerspeck (“grief bacon”) is German for the weight put on from eating too much when feeling sorry for yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/kummerspeck-grief-bacon-is-german-for-the-weight-put-on-from-eating/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“You are 14% more likely to die on your birthday than any other day. 51”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/you-are-14-more-likely-to-die-on-your-birthday-than-any-other-day-51/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/treasure-house/john-lloyd/#itemlist", "name": "1 Treasure House Quotes By John Lloyd", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What we need is a treasure house, not of knowledge, but of ignorance. 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