- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ignorance Quotes
On what we don't know and why it matters.
One quote here makes an unexpected point about science, arguing that progress mostly deepens our awareness of just how much remains unknown rather than eliminating it. Another calls ignorance a person's greatest asset, a wry, almost self-deprecating twist on the word.
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- Gentleman
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- Nov 07, 2020
The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.
- Miracles
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.
- Humility
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been cast in authority roles; I think because I have that presence... Comedically, I can play against that pretty well. I enjoy playing that arrogant ignorance. That's one of my favorite games to play in comedy.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really think that living is the process of going from complete certainty to complete ignorance.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more Scott Walker campaigns, the more he proves he is not intellectually fit for the office he's seeking. He asserts innocent ignorance on matters he should by now know something about - a way of masking his apparent bigotry.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mental illnesses are so frightening and there's so much ignorance about them that I think it comforts people to think, 'Oh, well, it happens to these people because they deserve it.'
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020