Quotes about Ignorance

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I've been saying it so long to you, you just wouldn't listen. Every time you said 'Farm Boy do this' you thought I was a — William Goldman, The Princess Bride
How could I have been so ignorant? she thinks. So stupid, so unseeing, so given over to carelessness. But without such i — Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed. — John Lennon
There are people who are generic. They make generic responses and they expect generic answers. They live inside a box an — C. JoyBell C.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Collected Works
People tend to be generous when sharing their nonsense, fear, and ignorance. And while they seem quite eager to feed you — Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suff — Becca Fitzpatrick, Silence
When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. Women are generally seeking the — Paulo Coelho, Brida
The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag — Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear. — Seneca, Natural Questions
It’s very simple. As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d always be as ignorant as you were at t — Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie
Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it t — Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. — George Orwell, 1984
He was talking about the sign that said 'THE COMPLICATED FUTILITY OF IGNORANCE.''All knew was that I didn't want my daug — Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Hocus Pocus
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be — Mark Twain
Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know. — Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abou'—about ANYTHING?"Harry — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions ma — Brandon Sanderson
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know— — H.L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle. — G.K. Chesterton