"He was ignorant, but a lot of people……" — Michael Lewis

"He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence."

— Michael Lewis

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64 Quotes by Michael Lewis

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Thirdly-but not lastly-there was the bias toward what people saw with their own eyes, or thought they had seen. The…
Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The…
In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children…
When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.
He's a machine for competitive balance, ... Yes, the money is in New York. Yes, the money is in his…
My client loved risk. Risk, I had learned, was a commodity in itself. Risk could be canned and sold like…
It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar…
One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one…
Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation.…
Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.
Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.
I don't think there is a national pasttime. Watching TV is a national pasttime. Really. If there is a national…

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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. — Isaac Asimov
When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that… — Isaac Asimov
Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of… — Isaac Asimov
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning… — Isaac Asimov
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. — Francis of Assisi
Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
India saw from the beginning, and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never… — Sri Aurobindo
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which… — Teresa of Avila
If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church,… — Teresa of Avila
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the… — Richard Bach
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the… — Lord Acton

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