Facts Quote by Phil Plait

I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration

— Phil Plait

The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that…

— Isaac Asimov

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that…

— Isaac Asimov

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread…

— Thomas M. Nichols

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread…

— Isaac Asimov

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

— Elbert Hubbard

Plain intellectual thinking is the peak of ignorance because all that you will know is to play with a few aspects and make others…

— Jaggi Vasudev

We must abandon the prevalent belief in the superior wisdom of the ignorant.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“Most causes of ignorance can be overcome, if people are willing to learn. Nothing, however, can overcome the toxic confluence of arrogance, narcissism, and…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“Many of the people who campaign against established knowledge are otherwise adept and successful in their daily lives. In some ways, it is all…

— Thomas M. Nichols

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too…

— Plato

Ignorance is temporary. Stupidity, unfortunately, is permanent.

— Patricia King