Quotes About Ignorance

No one knows 'men' as such, any more than anyone knows 'women ' and if they do generalise they're probably trying to hide their own ignorance. You might know one 'man ' yes, or even lots of individual 'men'.

En realidad nosotros somos como las comedias cuando uno llega al teatro en el segundo acto. Todo es muy bonito pero no se entiende nada. Los actores hablan y actúan no se sabe por qué, a causa de qué. Proyectamos en ellos nuestra propia ignorancia, y nos parecen unos locos que entran y salen muy decididos.

Lo que llamamos absurdo es nuestra ignorancia. Los Premios, 1960 What we call absurd is our ignorance. The Winners, 1960

A Lucas le parece que casi todo el mundo comparte la ignorancia de Hyde, lo que ayuda a la ciudad del hombre a guardar su orden.

Y por eso Gregorovius insistía en conocer el pasado de la Maga, para que se muriera un poco menos de esa muerte hacia atrás que es toda ignorancia de las cosas arrastradas por el tiempo, para fijarla en su propio tiempo, you so beautiful but you gotta, para no amar a un fantasma que se deja acariciar el pelo bajo la luz verde

Yo describo y defino y deseo esos ríos, ella los nada. Yo los busco, los encuentro, los miro desde el puente, ella los nada. Y no lo sabe, igualita a la golondrina.

Pero los aniversarios son las grandes puertas de la estupidez...

I could understand ignorance, but I could not accept its glorification, still less its right to rule.

Nelson Pardo who was so stupid, he thought the moon was a stain that God had forgotten to clean

You didn't know we were occupyed twice in the 20th century? Don't worry, when you have kids they won't know that the US occupied Irak either.

All was a ruin, yet the world did not seem to know or care. In

Consider the species known as man. We lie, we cheat, we want what others have and take it; we make war upon each other and the earth; we harvest lives in multitudes. We have mortgaged the planet and spent the cash on trifles. We may have loved, but never well enough. We never truly knew ourselves. We forgot the world; now it has forgotten us.

We lived under the shadow and cover of such naiveté.

Partly, he said, he enjoyed my company; it wasn't often that he had a chance to talk to someone whose mind was so little cluttered with education or accepted opinions— ("You mean I'm stupid." "Good heavens, no. Just ignorant.")

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.

They say that the truth is important. That we should treasure it. But sometimes, I have to wonder if it would be better if I had never learned it.", Celestra Caine from FADE by Kailin Gow

Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same? The observance of communal traditions involves a constant sacrifice of the individual to the state. Education, in order to keep up the mighty delusion, encourages a species of ignorance. People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly.

The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.

Professional footballers get up, train, play games, and that's it. They don't worry if the club gets fined. They don't investigate the intricacies of the business.

There are no black people in Iraq, so how will they know who to shoot at?

I'm completely irresponsible, I'm afraid. I'm ignorant about money as a commodity - I have never really understood it.

I've not experienced racism from other players. Not once. You experience ignorance but that's not the same at all, and I'm always happy to discuss things. If that helps people learn about Islam, to learn there's nothing to fear, then great, that's all part of my role.

Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery.