“How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons” ReasonResultsWonderMankindJudgmentErrorsIgnorant Author:Pietro Metastasio
“Feminism is the result of a few ignorant and literal-minded women letting the cat out of the bag about which is the superior sex. Once women made it public that they could do things better than men, they were, of course, forced to do them.” MenMadeCoursesSexResultsFeminismCatIgnorantSuperiorsMade ItBagsLiteral Book:Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
“Not a week goes by without my learning something new about golf. That means, of course, that I was ignorant of eight things about golf two months ago. Extend that process back nearly twenty years and the result is an impressive accumulation of ignorance.” YearsMeanTwoCoursesProcessResultsWeekIgnoranceMonthsTwentiesGolfEightIgnorantSomething NewImpressiveAccumulationTwo MonthsLearning Something New Book:The World of Golf: The Best of Peter Dobereiner Source: The World of Golf: The Best of Peter Dobereiner
“... until both employers' and workers' groups assume responsibility for chastising their own recalcitrant children, they can vainly bay the moon about "ignorant" and "unfair" public criticism. Moreover, their failure to impose voluntarily upon their own groups codes of decency and honor will result in more and more necessity for government control.” ChildrenGovernmentResultsResponsibilityGroupsHonorMoonCriticismManagementAssumingWorkersIgnorantCodeUnfairDecencyEmployersRecalcitrant Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“When a scientist doesn't know the answer to a problem, he is ignorant. When he has a hunch as to what the result is, he is uncertain. And when he is pretty darn sure of what the result is going to be, he is still in some doubt. We have found it of paramount importance that in order to progress we must recognize our ignorance and leave room for doubt. Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty - some most unsure, some nearly sure, but none absolutely certain.” KnowsStillsProblemBodyCertainOrderFoundAnswersRoomsResultsDoubtProgressIgnoranceDegreesScientistImportanceStatementsIgnorantUncertaintyUncertainParamountUnsureHunchesScientific KnowledgeUncertainty And Doubt Author:Richard P. Feynman