Quotes on Stupidity And Ignorance

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

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

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

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

Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

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

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

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