A Quote by Mark Twain

Ignorance is not not knowin' - Ignorance is knowin' what ain't so.

Mark Twain

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Ignorance

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Mark Twain
American - Writer
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff; ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.

Josh Billings

The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

Josh Billings

It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.

Josh Billings

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance.

Jim Rohn

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is brutal. The brutality of ignorance is such that it will make you dead while alive.

Jaggi Vasudev

There's a difference between quittin and knowin when you're beat.

Cormac McCarthy

The secret to a long life is knowin' when it's time to go.

Michelle Shocked

Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.

Sydney J. Harris

Happiness is knowin' you've done a good job, whether it's professional or for another person.

Elvis Presley

There is a lot of ignorance, and I don't mean intellectual ignorance. I mean people think that if you get something, it will take away from what I have. It's just ignorance.

Maya Angelou

There is natural ignorance and there is artificial ignorance. I should say at the present moment the artificial ignorance is about eighty-five per cent.

Ezra Pound

There are many aspects of the universe that still cannot be explained satisfactorily by science; but ignorance implies only ignorance that may someday be conquered. To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.