Quotes of: Ignorance-is-bliss Keyword

Quoting : "Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.

Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

Never ignore the feelings that don't seem to make sense.

The Knitting Diaries: The Twenty-First Wish\Coming Unraveled\Home to Summer Island

People ignore facts which contradict the theory in the mind of the investor. Dis-confirming evidence must be seeked out to beat this theory.

From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom

The ignorance of the world often makes people believe that life should be black and white – that you must choose sides – and so the world of colourful gradients goes unadmired.

Rise of the Morningstar

I remembered Father remarking once that if rudeness was not attributable to ignorance it could be taken as a sure sign that one was speaking to a member of the aristocracy.

A Red Herring Without Mustard

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

The Story of My Life and Work (Illustrated Edition)

Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.

Salem Falls

A democracy of mean and ignorant people is just as scary as any other horrible form of government.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

He scarcely knew who was battling whom, who was winning, who was losing, as though he hoped that by doggedly ignoring the war it would return the favor

And the Mountains Echoed

Are not half our lives spent in reproaches for foregone actions, of the true nature and consequences of which we were wholly ignorant at the time?

Mardi and a Voyage Thither

You can only manage to convince a person to admit to being wrong, not ignorant, arrogant, or stupid.

N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups

Considering that Timur had ignored every instrument of government except terror, it is remarkable his immediate successors managed to retain control of most of his empire.

The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History

It is difficult to frighten those who are easily astonished; ignorance causes fearlessness. Children have so little claim on hell, that if they should see it they would admire it.

Ninety-Three

If "Manners maketh man," as someone said Then he's the hero of the day It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile Be yourself, no matter what they say." ( )

Nothing Like the Sun

Eventually you can't help but figure out that, while gender is a construct, so is a traffic light, and if you ignore either of them, you get hit by cars. Which, also, are constructs.

Nevada

The marquis stared at Richard, openly amused. "What a refreshing mind you have, young man," he said. "There really is nothing quite like total ignorance, is there?

Neverwhere

I think it's exactly like that. When you think you can't do it anymore. You have to ignore it and keep going. Trust in your training.

Off Campus

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

People forget history nowadays,that is what the ego does, making one the prisoner of one's inflated present, ignoring the humble past one had lived.

Life... Love... Kumbh...

We observe that one of the great attributes of discretion is that it can mask ignorance of all the most common and lowly varieties, and Walter Moody was nothing if not excessively discreet.

The Luminaries

In a relationship there is the information that we need and do not ask for, and the information we have but choose to ignore.

For Love and Money Exploring Sexual & Financial Betrayal in Relationships