Stupidity And Ignorance Quotes - Page 2

• In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.

  Konrad Adenauer

  Stupid, Men, Views

  "Through Russian Eyes: President Kennedy's 1036 Days". Book by Anatoly Gromyko, p. 128, 1973.

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• Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Education, Work

  The Illiterate Digest "Defending My Soup Plate Position" (1924)

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• Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.

  William Gaddis

  Stupid, Ignorance, Cultivation

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• If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?

  Stephen Fry

  Happiness, Success, Ignorance

  "QI: Albania". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

  Will Durant

  Change, Graduation, Education

  "Books: The Great Gadfly". "TIME" Magazine, October 8, 1965.

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• Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Ignorance, Stupidity, Political

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• Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

  Confucius

  Stars, Ignorance, Knowledge

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• To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Inspirational, Humorous, Ignorance

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”

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• A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

  Saul Bellow

  Inspirational, Freedom, Fear

  Saul Bellow (2016). “To Jerusalem and Back”, p.100, Odyssey Editions

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• Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.

  Publilius Syrus

  Ignorance, Ignorant, Half

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 865, 1856.

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• I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Wisdom, War, Believe

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• Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

  Tobias Smollett

  Sarcastic, Wise, Wisdom

  Tobias Smollett, Sir Walter Scott (1835). “Select works of Tobias Smollett ...: With a memoir of the life and writings of the author”, p.24

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• Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow.

  Frank Dane

  Funny, Fashion, Ignorance

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• True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Funny, Education, Learning

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• An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

  Victor Hugo

  Art, Philosophy, Crazy

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• Being #‎ IGNORANT is not so much a SHAME, as being UNWILLING to LEARN to do things THE #‎ RIGHT WAY.

  Shiv Khera

  Ignorance, Ignorant, Way

  FaceBook post by Shiv Khera from Jan 26, 2015

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• Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

  Frank Zappa

  Ignorance, Stupidity, Doe

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.241, Simon and Schuster

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• It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

  William Gibbs McAdoo

  Ignorance, Humility, Men

  William Gibbs McAdoo (1971). “Crowded years: the reminiscences of William G. McAdoo”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc

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• Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.

  Horace Mann

  Ignorance, Soul, Ignorant

  Horace Mann (1867). “Thoughts”, p.143

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• Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.

  Eric Hoffer

  Ignorance, Vanity, Stupidity

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• A little learning is a dangerous thing but none at all is fatal.

  Roger Bacon

  Ignorance, Littles, Dangerous

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• A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a little patronage more so.

  Charles Dickens

  Attitude, Ignorance, Littles

  Charles Dickens (1867). “Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].”, p.20

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• You can be sincere and still be stupid.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Stupid, Ignorance, Deep Thought

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe.

  Frank Zappa

  Block, Hydrogen, Building

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.239, Simon and Schuster

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• Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

  Albert Einstein

  Funny, Hilarious, Education

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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