Quotes About Ignorance

I've always found it funny in life when you meet people who are incredibly stupid and incredibly confident at the same time. Actually, there is nothing funnier. I mean, Donald Trump is a perfect example: he's essentially a seven-year-old on a podium.

Creating a poem is a continual process of re-creating your ignorance, in the sense of not knowing what's coming next.

No, I don't know any Emily Dickinson poems!

The American public does not know poets exist.

It is not necessary to agree with the Arab point of view about their own history, but it is foolish to ignore it.

I don't really look at stats or whatever. You see them on the big screen. But other than that, I don't pay too much attention to it. I did know about my dad's home run total. Other than that, I don't like to know. It's pointless. Whether you know or don't know, you don't want to think about it. You just want to go out and play the game.

They believe that nothing will happen because they have closed their doors.

The things you're closest to are often the things you know least about.

There are many people who do not know if the U.S. Army has 60,000 men or 6 million. They do not have a clue about that.

I spent a lot of time quasi-fascinated with characters who were super-dumb and super-cocky. I always liked that combination.

People always used to ask me 'What makes a celebrity?' and I used to say: 'Being asked to comment mostly on things you know nothing about.'

People make very many comments in life when they don't have the background or the knowledge.

Most of the people who have complaints with me aren't reading me.

I'm trying to get through life without really knowing about computers, but I don't know if I am going to make it.

When I was 15, I did not know nothing about what concerned the world of music.

In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind.

The United States - aspiring India's favourite country - had to learn the hard way that you ignore the world outside your door at great cost to your own survival.

My stories are about humanity, about the challenges of surviving and the constant fight against ignorance, inhumanity and complacency.

Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion.

Reactionary movements can't sustain themselves unless they find something new to catch and burn on.

It's no surprise that the Bush administration's bullying swagger and blithe ignorance have caused much of the Muslim world to hold the U.S. in rock-bottom regard.

I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals.

What I find funny are peoples' blind spots. That's the funniest thing about anybody - when they just don't realize who they are. What's funny about seeing a hippo do ballet is it thinks it's a swan.

I've been blissfully ignorant about the result of my films and don't get swayed by success or failure.