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Obstacle Quotes by Daniel J. Boorstin
- The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
- The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.
More Obstacle Quotes
- If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. — Lord Acton
- Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a… — Scott Adams
- In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. — Simone de Beauvoir
- The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon. — Robert Benchley
- Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the… — Andrew Bernstein
- If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't… — Kathryn Bigelow
- The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. — Daniel J. Boorstin
- The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive… — Robert Bork
- Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening… — Thomas Carlyle
- Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes… — Thomas Carlyle
- The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the… — Thomas Carlyle
- The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. — Marcus Tullius Cicero