Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Huxley

Each such answer to the great question, invariably asserted by the followers of its propounder, if not by himself, to be complete and final, remains in high authority and esteem, it may be for one century, or it may be for twenty: but, as invariably, Time proves each reply to have been a mere approximation to the truth tolerable chiefly on account of the ignorance of those by whom it was accepted, and wholly intolerable when tested by the larger knowledge of their successors.

Hunter S. Thompson

Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and fears

Hugo Grotius

Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom.

Robert Silverberg

Ignorance can't be pardoned. Only cured.

Samuel Johnson

Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is nothing with respect either to honour or advantage, for the world cannot reward those qualities which are concealed from it; with respect to others it is nothing, because it affords no help to ignorance or errour.

Voltaire

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.

Voltaire

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

Voltaire

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

William Sloane Coffin

The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.

Sathya Baba

Devotion is not a uniform to be worn on certain days and then to be put aside.

Fran McCaffery

(Diop) has been great. He's doing more things, getting more comfortable. I have tremendous respect for Thompson. He's certainly a handful. To be able to put somebody in who's at least the same size as him is certainly helpful for us.

Pepper Schwartz

Cosmetic surgery is more negatively viewed by Americans because it is threatening to become so commonplace. People feel pressured to look a certain way if everyone you know who is 50 is having surgery to look 40.

Poppy Z. Brite

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies.

Paul Coffey

There are certain guys that think they know hockey because they follow it on the Internet.

Shahid Kapoor

When you are seeing somebody, then obviously it's a commitment. And if you don't want to commit, then don't be in a relationship. Every relationship deserves a certain credibility and respectability. For me, it's always been like that.

Steve McQueen

I'm not a great actor - let's face it. I don't have a great deal of scope. There are certain things I can do, but when I'm bad, I stink. There's something about my shaggy dog eyes that makes people think I'm good. I'm not all that good.

Steve Vai

I can count on one hand the people who are legendary in my book, and Tom Waits is certainly right at the top. It's funny, though: When I tell people that I like Tom's music, it surprises them.

Steve Buscemi

My dad had a temper. I have a temper. Most people I know have a temper. And I think it comes out mostly with your family. I don't think it's unique to the Buscemis, but it's something I've been able to tap into when I play certain roles.