Ignoring Quotes

392 quotes by 347 authors

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. — Henry Adams
Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history. — Norman Borlaug
But, as we've seen over the last several months, the people in this country are very dissatisfied with the direction that this administration is taking… — Eric Cantor
We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them. — George W. Bush
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
According to aerodynamic laws, the bumblebee cannot fly. Its body weight is not the right proportion to its wingspan. Ignoring these laws, the bee flies… — Andre Sainte-Lague
My first serious girlfriend, when I was 16, was Mormon. I went to her house for 'family home evening,' and I was like, 'Why aren't… — Trey Parker
In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man. — Henry Adams
In the choice of a horse and a wife a man must please himself ignoring the opinion and advice of friends. — George Whyte-Melville
Ignoring your passion is like dying a slow death...Passion whispers to you through your feelings, beckoning you toward your highest good. Pay attention to what… — Oprah Winfrey
God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them. — Richard J. Needham
The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself. — William James
I support the boycott because I do not think at this stage there is any other way to make our authorities see and understand because… — Yekaterina Samutsevich
We are not good at recognizing distant threats even if their probability is 100%. Society ignoring [peak oil] is like the people of Pompeii ignoring… — James R. Schlesinger
Ignoring the mind is a beautiful sadhana. This is what many of the sages did. They ignored the mind out of existence. It loses its… — Mooji
We can drift along as though there were still a cold war, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that will never be used,… — Jimmy Carter
I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether;… — P.G. Wodehouse
...the program of scientific experimentation that leads you to conclude that animals are imbeciles is profoundly anthropocentric. It values being able to find your way… — J M Coetzee
Attributing global climate change to human COâ‚‚ production is akin to trying to diagnose an automotive problem by ignoring the engine (analogous to the Sun… — Timothy Ball
We would like otherworldly visitations to come as distinct voices with clear instructions, but they may only give small signs in dreams, or as sudden… — James Hillman

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