When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. – Mark Twain
It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance. – Saint Jerome
Before we work on artificial intelligence why don’t we do something about natural stupidity? – Steve Polyak
A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. – Arabian Proverb
Prejudice is the child of ignorance. – Hazlitt
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. – Isaac Asimov
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. – Goethe
To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. – Benjamin Disraeli
Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat. – Ernest Bevin
You can be sincere and still be stupid. – Charles F. Kettering
Ignorance is not bliss — ignorance is ignorance. – Source Unknown
It is better to confess ignorance than provide it. – Homer Hickam
Ignorance is like the itch — the less you have of it the better off you are. – Harry Mendelson
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity. – Eric Hoffer
Ignorance is no excuse, it’s the real thing. – Irene Peter
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. – Tobias Smollett
To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. – A. B Alcott
Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it. – Publilius Syrus
If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people. – Graffiti
The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right. – Mark Twain
The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. – Sir William Osler
Mr. Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. – Benjamin Disraeli
My whole career can be summed up with ‘Ignorance is bliss.’ When you do not know better, you do not really worry about failing. – Jeff Foxworthy
In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment. – Cicero
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. – Adlai Stevenson
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one’s self. – Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. – Will Rogers
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. – Derek Bok
Your ignorance cramps my conversation. – Anthony Hope
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