Ignorance Quotes

2444 Ignorance quotes by 1417 unique authors

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science… — Richard Dawkins
I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote… — Richard Dawkins
Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs. — Guy Debord
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end. — Benjamin Disraeli
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. — Benjamin Disraeli
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized… — Frederick Douglass
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance. — Will Durant
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. — Will Durant
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about. — Wayne Dyer
Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that. — Sylvia Earle
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. — Thomas A. Edison
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. — Albert Einstein
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. — George Eliot
The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance. — George Eliot
Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it… — Desiderius Erasmus
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. — Euripides
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. — Euripides
I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. — Euripides
Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning. — Vera Farmiga
It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in… — Richard P. Feynman
Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name is Legion. — Gustave Flaubert
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. — Gustave Flaubert
The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling… — Nhat Hanh
Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance. — Sydney J. Harris

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