A Quote by Frank Zappa

Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance, it's what makes America great.

Frank Zappa

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America Great Ignorance Makes Our Own Rough Too

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Frank Zappa
American - Singer
December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993

Let's not be too tough on our own ignorance. It's the thing that makes America great. If America weren't incomparably ignorant, how could we have tolerated the last eight years?

Frank Zappa

When you look at what makes America great, what makes America, you know, not great, our ups and our downs, Springfield represents all of it.

Kevin Rose

It’s easier to hold onto your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That’s America. So the challenge for us is, are we ready for change?

Michel'le

Our ignorance of God is too great, because our estimations of God are too little.

Stephen Charnock

The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance.

Arthur Helps

White America is tortured by black America's failure to thrive, and all that guilt and anxiety has only gotten worse as a substantial quota of white America loses its own footing in the middle class and plunges into the rough country of joblessness, hopelessness, and government dependency.

James Howard Kunstler

In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of apathy, inertia and ignorance of our own heritage.

Michael Steinhardt

We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we will see our own minds - our own prejudices, fears, and ignorance.

Nhat Hanh

What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all.

Pramila Jayapal

Human creatures, living in the circle of their intimates and friends, are too apt to remain in ignorance of the comments and instructions which may be made of what they say and do in the world at large. I entertain a great horror of this ignorance.

William Godwin

Part of what makes America great is that we stand by the countries that share our values around the world. That's why throughout its history, the State of Israel has had no greater friend than the United States of America.

Denis McDonough

Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too.

Robin Hobb

We do not know and cannot tell when the spirit is with us. Great talent or small, it makes no difference. We are caught within our own skins, our own sensibilities; we never know if our technique has been adequate to the vision.

Madeleine L'Engle

The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities, our families, our faiths. That is the bedrock of what makes America, America. In our best days, we can feel the vibrancy of America's communities, large and small.