Quotes by Ignorance Man's basic vice, the source of all his evils, is the act of unfocusing his mind, the suspension of his consciousness, which is not blindness, but the refusal to see, not ignorance, but the refusal to know. Ayn Rand ignorance evil men ...not everyone is willing to defend a position of 'not knowing.' There is no virtue in ignorance for its own sake. B. F. Skinner ignorance knowing sake Admiration is the basis of ignorance. Baltasar Gracian admiration bases ignorance The greatest wisdom often consist in ignorance. Baltasar Gracian learning ignorance wise Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. Baltasar Gracian fashion ignorance wise When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk. Barack Obama ignorant ignorance want Peace is not just the absence of war. True peace depends upon creating the opportunity that makes life worth living. And to do that, we must confront the common enemies of human beings: nuclear weapons and poverty; ignorance and disease. Barack Obama ignorance opportunity war The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how much we're contributing to the warming of the earth's atmosphere and how much is naturally occurring, but what we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return. And unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels and chart a new course on energy in this country, we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe. Barack Obama issues ignorance country Congress should fund research on the effects that violent video games have on young minds... We don't benefit from ignorance. We don't benefit from not knowing the science. Barack Obama playing-games ignorance knowing I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place. We are a motley crew, distinguished not only by our inability to explain ourselves to those who are more certain of their beliefs than we are but in many cases by our distance from the centers of our faith communities as well. Barbara Brown Taylor distance ignorance religious I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place. Barbara Brown Taylor holy ignorance religious The only truly new ideas [the right] has come up with in the last twenty years are (1) supply side economics, which is a way of redistributing the wealth upward toward those who already have more than they know what to do with, and (2) creationism, which is a parallel idea for redistributing ignorance out from its fundamentalist strongholds to those who know more than they need to. Barbara Ehrenreich ignorance years ideas When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they fill up a hot-air balloon that's awfully hard not to poke. Barbara Kingsolver ignorance air hot Perhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned ignorance of the damage. Barbara Kingsolver knives growing-up ignorance The writing has been on the wall for some years now, but we are a nation illiterate in the language of the wall. The writing just gets bigger. Something will eventually bring down the charming, infuriating naïveté of Americans that allows us our blithe consumption and cheerful ignorance of the secret ugliness that bring us whatever we want. Barbara Kingsolver wall ignorance writing That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents. Barbara Mertz maturity ignorance profound Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't. But you can't tell the difference when you have no real information. Fear can create even more imaginary obstacles than ignorance can. That's why the smallest step away from speculation and into reality can be an amazing relief...The Reality Solution means: Do it before you're ready. Barbara Sher ignorance real courage If we go back to the beginnings of things, we shall always find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that imagination, rapture and deception embellished them; that weakness worships them; that custom spares them; and that tyranny favors them in order to profit from the blindness of men. Baron d'Holbach ignorance atheist men All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity. Baron d'Holbach atheism ignorance atheist The unhappiness of people is due to their ignorance of nature. Baron d'Holbach nature ignorance people «678910111213141516»