quotations about ignorance
I fear my ignorance.
ISAAC ASIMOV
The Gods Themselves
The ignorant ever shun and dread the gifted and enlightened.
FRANCIS A. DURIVAGE
"The Three Brides"
Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatical.
JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
"Of Society and of Conversation", Les Caractères
Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.
WALTER CRONKITE
attributed, Public Speaking: A Concise Overview for the Twenty-first Century
Ignorance and intolerance to be like commas, because you often found them in pairs, and almost never did you find one, ignorance, without its evil twin, intolerance.
DAVID BALDACCI
The Camel Club
Thing is, while I know better, I like sounding ignorant. Talk like this and people figure you're about as dumb as a fencepost, which suits me fine. Makes it all that much easier to take advantage of 'em.
CHARLES DE LINT
The Onion Girl
Ignorance is often the blindness of the soul.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
LORD ACTON
letter to Richard Simpson, Jan. 23, 1861