Famous quotes about ignorance and incompetence

Famous quotes about ignorance and incompetence

Ignorant people are more confident than knowledgeable people. Only the ignorant can confidently assert that science can never solve any problem.

——Darwin

You should never boast of your ignorance. Ignorance is incompetence.

——Chernyshevsky

If you admit your ignorance, you will only show your ignorance once; if you try to cover up your ignorance, you will have to show your ignorance several times.

——Japanese proverb

Ignorant enthusiasm is like an expedition in the dark.

——Hugo

Everyone who studies the history of human disasters can be sure that most of the misfortunes in the world come from ignorance.

——Helvetius

False knowledge is worse than ignorance.

——Kang Tu

The reason why people are superstitious is just because of fear; the reason why people are afraid is just because of ignorance.

——Holbach

Only by facing one's own ignorance can one expand one's knowledge.

——Ushinsky

Surprise is the daughter of ignorance.

——Vico

Hesitation is based on ignorance.

——Engels

Never boast of ignorance, ignorance is powerlessness.

——Chernyshevsky

An empty mind is the devil’s workshop.

——European proverb;