#nora

Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abou'—about ANYTHING?" Harry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks weren't bad. I know some things," he said. "I can, you know, do math and stuff. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#humor #ignorance #math #humor

There may be some so very Ignorant, that they know not how to Pray. ↗

— Cotton Mather

#ignorant #know #may #pray #some

Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World! ↗

— Cotton Mather

#chase #destructive #done #ignorance #out

It’s very simple. As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more than the negative that you’re going to die, it’s also the positive that you understand you’re going to die, and that you live a better life because of it. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#dying #growth #ignorance #learning #life

I happen to have worked with male directors who don't understand women at all. Not at all. I'm flabbergasted by their ignorance. ↗

— Catherine McCormack

#happen #i #ignorance #male #their

Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic. ↗

— Larry McMurtry

#characteristic #direction #historical #ignorance #just

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. ↗

— Gian Carlo Menotti

#becomes #begins #calculate #depth #his

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it. ↗

— Addison Mizner

#excuses #ignorance #law #man #practicing

We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference. ↗

— Paul Elmer More

#bound #calm #hearken #ignorance #indifference

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