Well Informed Quotes
69 quotes by 60 authors
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Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.
— Scott Turow
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A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and…
— Ann Radcliffe
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The ignorant pronounce it Frood To cavil or applaud The well-informed pronounce it Froyd But I pronounce it Fraud.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that…
— Oscar Wilde
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At least when one speaks of oneself one is passionate, well-informed and specific.
— Jan Neruda
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She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a…
— Jane Austen
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A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is…
— Benjamin Franklin
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How long have you been with Raphael?†“You ask a lot of questions for a dead woman.†“What can I say? I prefer to die…
— Nalini Singh
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For me a page of good prose is where one hears the rain. A page of good prose is when one hears the noise of…
— John Cheever
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What can I say? I prefer to die well informed.
— Nalini Singh
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I do not mean to imply that television news deliberately aims to deprive Americans of a coherent, contextual understanding of their world. I mean to…
— Neil Postman
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It seems to me that the great pleasure of human life is not in having an opinion, but rather in learning all the ways you…
— John Green
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I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are…
— Thomas Nagel
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There's a tendency on the part of Americans, all of us, to say, 'Hey, the Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is gone, we…
— Russ Feingold
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Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
— Mario Andretti
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Messengers of Peace such as Midori - and our Goodwill Ambassadors, who work directly with the UN agencies - are dedicated and well-informed and credible…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to…
— Paul Bloom
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We expect well-informed treatment for cancer or heart disease; it matters no less for depression.
— Kay Redfield Jamison
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Young people are better educated. They grew up in a society which is well connected, well informed. They are able to communicate to one another,…
— Mo Ibrahim
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