Ignorance Quotes

2444 Ignorance quotes by 1417 unique authors

The English love for privacy is proverbial, and has not been exaggerated. A stranger who strikes up a conversation is looked upon with suspicion -… — Henry Steele Commager
Space exploration must be undertaken not only out of simple human curiosity but also to further the survival of the species. The twentieth century has… — Edgar Mitchell
Mankind's journey into space, like every great voyage of discovery, will become part of our unending journey of liberation. In the limitless reaches of space,… — Ronald Reagan
Absurd, irreducible; nothing — not even a profound and secret delirium of nature — could explain it. Obviously I did not know everything, I had… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Ignorance of the law of irreducibility was no excuse. I could no longer excuse myself with the claim that I didn't know the law --… — Clarice Lispector
A true teacher does not terrorize ignorant students, because a true teacher knows that it is his job to cure ignorance. — Miriam Defensor Santiago
Fear is bred from ignorance. So knowledge is a weapon against it, and reason is the tool of knowledge. — Jim Butcher
There are no unnatural or supernatural phenomenon, only very large gaps in our knowledge of what is natural... we should strive to fill those gaps… — Edgar Mitchell
The corollary of constant change is ignorance. This is not often talked about: we computer experts barely know what we're doing. We're good at fussing… — Ellen Ullman
If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become… — Charlie Pierce
We declare that a great number of those who are condemned to eternal punishment suffer that everlasting calamity because of ignorance of those mysteries of… — Pope Benedict XIV
Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance. — Harry Lorayne
Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states. — Jane Smiley
If novels and stories are bulletins from the progressive states of ignorance a writer passes through over the years, observations and opinions about horses are… — Jane Smiley
The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is - and I mean this seriously - the greatest… — Fidel Castro
Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance, it's what makes America great. — Frank Zappa
Women of color have no call to trust white women until white women take a gander at the world around them, investigate, learn and annihilate… — Inga Muscio
The endless cycle of idea and action, / Endless invention, endless experiment, / Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; / Knowledge of speech,… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This is a precious gift. — Paul Valery
Make war not on terrorism but on ignorance, on sickness and on environmental degradation. — Kurt Vonnegut
Certainty is the most vivid condition of ignorance and the most necessay condition for knowledge. — Kedar Joshi
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom. — Bodhidharma
I am philosophical Christ; crucified on the cross of ignorance for the sake of divine vanity. — Kedar Joshi
Our schools offer no conception of the scientific process of discovery. They do not encourage creative thought, in fact, they stifle it through too much… — William Lipscomb
Sanity can take one of only two forms: that of ignorance, or denial. — Derek R. Audette

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