Ignorance Quotes

2444 Ignorance quotes by 1417 unique authors

Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a physical theory, a… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Prejudice is the child of ignorance. — William Hazlitt
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. — Robert A. Heinlein
It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant. — Don Herold
I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance. — Bell Hooks
We're all caught up in circumstances, and we're all good and evil. When you're really hungry, for instance, you'll do anything to survive. I think… — Anthony Hopkins
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. — Elbert Hubbard
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence. — Elbert Hubbard
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. — Elbert Hubbard
Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper. — Kin Hubbard
Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance. — Victor Hugo
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance… — Aldous Huxley
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. — Aldous Huxley
We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need? — Lee Iacocca
It's appropriate that the word 'ignorance' is an extension of the word 'ignore.' We ignore so much and so we become ignore-ant. — David Icke
The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows. — Robert Green Ingersoll
There is no slavery but ignorance. — Robert Green Ingersoll
I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth. — Molly Ivins
You can't argue with stupidity. — Jermaine Jackson
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. — William James
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. — Thomas Jefferson
The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance. — Lyndon B. Johnson
I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I… — Garrison Keillor
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. — John F. Kennedy

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