“There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work of learning or genius, who stand as sentinels in the avenues of fame, and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey.” MenGivingFirstsCertainValuesRaceImagineIgnoranceDutyGeniusFameCriticsEnvyAmusementPreyAvenuesHinderReceptionSentinels Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius
“I always thought my questions were wrong questions because no one else asked them. Maybe no one thought of them. Maybe darkness got there first. Maybe I am the first light touching a gulf of ignorance... Maybe my questions matter.” FirstsMatterLightDarknessIgnoranceTouching Book:The Speed of Dark Source: The Speed of Dark
“There is only one remedy for ignorance and thoughtlessness, and that is literacy. Millions and millions of children would today stand in no need of sex education or consumer education or anti-racism education or any of those fake educations, if they had had in the first place 'an' education.” IfsNeedsFirstsChildrenTodaySexEducationMillionsIgnoranceRacismConsumersFakeRemedyLiteracyAnti RacismSex EducationThoughtlessness Author:Richard Mitchell