Quotes About Ignorance

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.

Most of the people who reject Christianity know almost nothing of what they are rejecting: those who condemn what they do not understand are, surely, little men.

The adult must seem to mislead the child, and the Master the dog. They misread the signs. Their ignorance and their wishes twist everything. You are so sure you know what the promise promised! And the danger is that when what He means by 'wind' appears you will ignore it because it is not what you thought it would be—as He Himself was rejected because He was not like the Messiah the Jews had in mind.

those who condemn what they do not understand are, surely, little men.

Ever since time began the world has seemed stupid to those who aren't stupid themselves. It was to avoid that annoyance that I became stupid myself, as fast as ever I could. Sheer egoism, no doubt.

Anyone who knows me knows that I don't know anything about politics. Every time I go to Washington, I feel like I'm in Legally Blonde.

I didn't even know what an Oscar was at the time.

You can't legislate against stupidity, but we try to do it all the time.

Ignorance is not bliss its painful and embarrassing

If time is linear, every moment is new! Monotony is just an experience of Ignorance!

Time is information we don't have. Time is our ignorance.

so many people who think they know only know what they don't know, as time passes by, they may get to know what they don't know and then they will know

the paradox of human ignorance is the most intriguing paradox of nature

Listen, last time I talked to you three, you were all two oars short of having any oars, so I don't want to hear it.

I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated, ' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one week, and I didn't even know what that meant.

What keeps people from living together is their stupidity, not their differences.

Weakness, fear, melancholy, together with ignorance, are the true sources of superstition. Hope, pride, presumption, a warm indignation, together with ignorance, are the true sources of enthusiasm.

How could anyone who prided herself upon her intelligence and good sense have been so foolishly ignorant?

Of course Diana is taken with Jack. Why else would she ignore him?

Three Catholic priests are having dinner: a Franciscan, a Dominican, and a Jesuit. Suddenly the lights go out. The Franciscan says, "Let us welcome Sister Darkness and wait patiently for Brother Sunlight to return." The Dominican says, "God gives us the darkness of ignorance so that we might, by contrast, discern the light of truth." The Jesuit finds a flashlight and goes downstairs to flip the breaker.

genius may have its limits but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

Keegi ei ole nii pime kui see, kes ei taha näha.

Vulgarity is the crutch of the weak and the ignorant,'" I snapped. "But what the fuck did she know?

Not knaves, fools.