Their Ignorance Quotes

46 quotes by 46 authors

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. — Maya Angelou
Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance. — Hendrik Willem van Loon
Nothing has so exposed men of learning to contempt and ridicule as their ignorance of things which are known to all but themselves. Those who… — Samuel Johnson
If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences than it would have done… — Thomas Jefferson
The natural scientists of the previous age knew less than we do and believed they were very close to the goal: we have taken very… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
If the Church is 'in Christ,' she is involved in mission. Her whole existence then has a missionary character. Her conduct as well as her… — David Bosch
People are so skillful in their ignorance! — Paramahansa Yogananda
I feel closer to my country than ever. There is no longer a feeling of lonesome isolation. Instead-peace. I return without fearing prejudice that once… — Paul Robeson
The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is sought… — Seneca the Younger
Genius is knowing to stay silent as others demonstrate their ignorance. — Eric Lau
The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand. — William Hazlitt
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.... The subjection of individuals will increase amongst… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Don't censor yourself to comfort their ignorance. — Jon Stewart
Is there wisdom in innocence? I think there is, but there is a cult now of drab men and women, for whom the world, and… — Phillip Mann
Many people are being persuaded that they cannot be considered intelligent or well educated if they insist on the doctrine of the verbal inspiration of… — Alan Redpath
When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk. — Barack Obama
We've had numerous people diagnosed with Alzheimer's who got better; they just come out of it; they are leading normal lives today. And then, of… — Richard M. Schulze
Perhaps, thought Talon, there was a path in between. A way to shed their ignorance without losing their souls. — Neal Shusterman
So much had been surrendered! And to such little purpose! There had been mad wilful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial, whose origin was… — Oscar Wilde
By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild claims, they do… — Jacob Bronowski

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