#ignorance

. . . there is a wish in the heart of mankind to be distracted and confused. Truth is but one attraction, and not always the most powerful. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#rape-a-love-story #truth #willful-ignorance #love

Ah, I see. You don't know much about us and the unknown equals the barbaric, the primitive. Although it is you lot who are ignorant. ↗

— Andrew Ashling

#ignorance #intolerance #knowledge #primitive #unknow

You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant. ↗

— Harlan Ellison

#intelligence #opinions #stupidity #intelligence

When I was foolish, I detested sagacity. I ate the fruits of my foolishness and ignorance. I thank God because I was once foolish. It was from my foolishness that I learnt and understood the true savour of sagacity. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#ignorance #inspirational #sagacity #inspirational

My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs. ↗

— Cleveland Abbe

#better #boyhood #city #great #great need

There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many, the political authority that is based on the knowledge of the few. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#based #few #ignorance #imposed #knowledge

Intelligence with Deity can lead to greatness; Intelligence without Deity, partners with the twins, ignorance and arrogance. ↗

— Damon Thueson

#belief #deity #god #ignorance #intelligence

I was hugely impressed... was the ultimate example of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit it, and didn't want to leave until he understood. That's heroic to me. I wish every grad student had that attitude. ↗

— Randy Pausch

#ignorance #knowledge #attitude

Education is the process of turning cocksure ignorance into thoughtful uncertainty. ↗

— K. G. Johnson

#ignorance #learning #education

What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance. ↗

— Eddie Marsan

#celebration #courage #determination #dislike #east