Ignorance Quote by Thomas M. Nichols

“No, the bigger problem is that we’re proud of not knowing things. Americans have reached a point where ignorance, especially of anything related to…

— Thomas M. Nichols

Unfortunately, we live at a moment in which ignorance appears to be one of the defining features of American political and cultural life. Ignorance…

— Henry Giroux

“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

I feel quite sure that what the American people lack is knowledge.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“What makes so many Americans proud of their ignorance? They act as though their ignorance somehow made them charming.”

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr

“The issue is not indifference to established knowledge; it’s the emergence of a positive hostility to such knowledge. This is new in American culture,…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“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

Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.

— John le Carre

We, as Americans, have so much to learn here. We have a shockingly low level of global awareness and familiarity and little idea of…

— Tom Freston

...not everyone is willing to defend a position of 'not knowing.' There is no virtue in ignorance for its own sake.

— Anonymous

“Among other things, my own experience has led me to believe that American naivete can sometimes be more than it seems; it can hide…

— Roberto Bolaño

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