#ignorance

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 wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation. ↗

— Anthony Hope

#cramps #i #i wish #ignorance #little

I am astonished each time I come to the U.S. by the ignorance of a high percentage of the population, which knows almost nothing about Latin America or about the world. It's quite blind and deaf to anything that may happen outside the frontiers of the U.S. ↗

— Eduardo Galeano

#almost #am #america #anything #astonished

In practice, socialism didn't work. But socialism could never have worked because it is based on false premises about human psychology and society, and gross ignorance of human economy. ↗

— David Horowitz

#based #because #could #economy #false

It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable work in England and Germany, under intelligent control. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

#comparable #conditions #contrast #control #demonstrating

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

— K. G. Johnson

#ignorance #learning #education

Information can bring you choices and choices bring power - educate yourself about your options and choices. Never remain in the dark of ignorance. ↗

— Joy Page

#bring #choices #dark #educate #ignorance

Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed. ↗

— Anne Rice

#bibliophiles #book-lovers #willful-ignorance #zealotry #enemy

That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves. ↗

— Garth Stein

#ignorance #success

What a refreshing mind you have, young man. There really is nothing quite like total ignorance, is there? ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#ignorance #irony #humor