“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
“Prejudice is the child of ignorance.”
Source: Sketches and Essays
“It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.”
Source: So human
“An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex.”
Source: The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr
Source: Last Chance To See
Source: The Four-Gated City
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”
“A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”
“The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.”
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
“To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
“Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
“It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.”
Source: Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle
“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.”
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
Source: The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr
“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”
Source: Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims
“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”
“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
“I wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?”
Source: Mathematician's Delight
“Do rewards motivate people? Absolutely. They motivate people to get rewards.”
Source: Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes
“He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.”
Source: Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley
Source: The Open Society and Its Enemies
Source: The Camel's Nose: Memoirs Of A Curious Scientist