Ignorance Quotes

2444 Ignorance quotes by 1417 unique authors

We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And… — Haile Selassie
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! — Dr. Seuss
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. — William Shakespeare
I say there is no darkness but ignorance. — William Shakespeare
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a… — George Bernard Shaw
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. — George Bernard Shaw
The more we study the more we discover our ignorance. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life. — Brooke Shields
I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out. — Russell Simmons
My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in… — Manmohan Singh
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. — Edith Sitwell
This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts. — Adam Smith
It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. — Thomas Sowell
A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance. — Herbert Spencer
Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance. — Herbert Spencer
In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace… — Cat Stevens
One's ignorance is one's chief asset. — Wallace Stevens
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. — Adlai E. Stevenson
Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard. — Adlai E. Stevenson
On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers. — Adlai E. Stevenson
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile. — Sting
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. — W. Clement Stone
When Americans are asked to rank professions in terms of honesty and ethics, insurance agents routinely end up near the bottom of the list -… — James Surowiecki
It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it… — Jeremy Taylor

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