Ignorant Quotes

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He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on. — Benjamin Franklin
I believe that it would be almost impossible to find anywhere in America a black man who has lived further down in the mud of… — Malcolm X
That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call a tragedy. — Thomas Carlyle
If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion. — Aldous Huxley
Knowledge has no enemy except an ignorant man — Unknown Author
How can the unknown merit reverence? In other words how can you revere that of which you are ignorant? At the same time, it would… — Harold Pinter
I believe myself that romantic love is the source of the most intense delights that life has to offer. In the relation of a man… — Bertrand Russell
Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity. — Stendhal
I don't know if a country (America) where the people are so ignorant of reality and of history, if you can call that a free… — Jane Fonda
There is a sort of enthusiasm in all projectors, absolutely necessary for their affairs, which makes them proof against the most fatiguing delays, the most… — Edmund Burke
True science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant. — Miguel de Unamuno
The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature... It is this sudden… — Lewis Thomas
The person who thinks there can be any real conflict between science and religion must be either very young in science or very ignorant of… — Joseph Henry
It's easier to be ignorant and say I don't know about the problem. But once you know, once you've seen it in their eyes, then… — Craig Kielburger
Without travel I would have wound up a little ignorant white Southern female, which was not my idea of a good life. — Lauren Hutton
A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance. — Henry David Thoreau
Economic development over the past two centuries has taken most of humanity from lives that were brutal, ignorant and short, to personal health and security,… — Ross Garnaut
It gets better. It seems hard, you know, I think being different is always gonna be a tough climb. There's always gonna be people that… — Adam Lambert
Evolution as a process that has always gone on in the history of the earth can only be doubted by those who are ignorant of… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
Close friends and relatives, while not meaning to do so, often handicap on through 'opinions' and sometimes though ridicule, which is meant to be humorous.… — Napoleon Hill
Is it not in the struggle to obtain knowledge that happiness exists? I am very ignorant, consequently the conditions of happiness are mine. — Fridtjof Nansen
I tend to be more arrogant on stage. Far more ignorant. I sometimes say what I think and sometimes say the opposite of what I… — Sarah Silverman
A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
Why does the world dislike Russia? I do not think that we are unloved or considered to be ignorant. — Vladimir Putin
You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over you. — Julian Assange

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