Ignorant Quotes

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Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.… — Natalie Goldberg
In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, 'Keep your facts, I'm going with… — Stephen Colbert
Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads. — Charles Caleb Colton
It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not… — Anna Julia Cooper
Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales. — Aleister Crowley
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. — Clarence Darrow
I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant… — Clarence Darrow
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that… — Charles Darwin
I once wrote that anybody who believes the world is only 6,000 years old is either ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked. — Richard Dawkins
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they… — Benjamin Disraeli
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge. — Benjamin Disraeli
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions. — Peter Drucker
Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are. — Andrea Dworkin
Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness. — George Eliot
We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. — George Eliot
Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths. — Elizabeth I
At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other… — Havelock Ellis
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. — Epictetus
The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes. — Desiderius Erasmus
One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the… — Julius Erving
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
AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals. — Jerry Falwell

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