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"There are four things that hold back human progress. Ignorance, stupidity, committees and accountants." Charles J. C. Lyall 3.4000 average rating Rate this Quote
"A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to Farce, or a Tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance. and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." James Madison 4.4000 average rating Rate this Quote
"There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university ... a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see." John Masefield 4.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Ignorance, apathy, and lethargy cause the most problems in our world. People don't know what's going on, they don't care, and they're too lazy to find out." Michael Masukawa 3.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." Mark Twain 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education." Bertrand Russell 4.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people?" Author Unknown 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly." Author Unknown 3.5000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole." Author Unknown 4.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Light travels faster than sound. That's why most people seem bright until you hear them speak." Author Unknown 4.7742 average rating Rate this Quote
"We have enough youth, how about a fountain of smart?" Author Unknown 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art." Kahlil Gibran 4.8571 average rating Rate this Quote
"The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge." Aldous Huxley Rate this Quote
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