“The greatest threat to humanity is ignorance.”— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Abe Weinberg, Tony Shalhoub, imdb.com
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has…”— H. L. Mencken, amazon.com
“This is the mockery of a holy man! A man of whom every part is sacred, including his butthole, of which this town knows nothing.”— Seth Meyers, Ra-Sharir, Necar Zadegan, imdb.com
“We are making a stand for truth against lies and hate and ignorance and intolerance. We are going to show the country who we are. We're going to make a stand to ensure that we live up to our promise, to our potential, to our purpose as a country. They will either consume us, or they will afford us t…”— Beto O'Rourke, npr.org
“People hate what they don’t understand.”— David S. Goyer, Chris Terrio, Martha Kent, Diane Lane, imdb.com
“A library is like an island in a vast sea of ignorance.”— Daniel Handler, Justice Strauss, Joan Cusack, imdb.com
“Matt: She named the baby after Grandma. Simon: She named the baby 'Grandma'? Matt: Her name was Jenny, Simon. Simon: Oh. I had no idea.”— Molly Newman, Simon Camden, David Gallagher, imdb.com
“Ash: Alright, look, we get this done quick enough, we might have time to stop for churros. And look, that's not a racist thing, Pablo. That's just a great dessert. Pablo: You know I'm not Mexican, right? Ash: That's the spirit!”— Sean Clements, Pablo Simon Bolivar, Ray Santiago, imdb.com
“A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“Gates: I hope you know what you're doing. Captain Flint: So do I.”— Doris Egan, Captain Flint, Toby Stephens, imdb.com
“ALF: Ignorance is no excuse. Kate Tanner: Ignorance is your excuse all the time! ALF: I don't know what you are talking about.”— Scott Spencer Gordon, ALF (voice), Paul Fusco, imdb.com
“Jason: You're saying a lot of words right now, and I only know some of them, like 'rat' and 'Jason,' but I know a little wisdom I can give you. Michael: I know everything that happened in your life, and it was all stupid, so I highly doubt that.”— Megan Amram, Jason Mendoza, Manny Jacinto, imdb.com
“Chidi: You are too selfish to ever be a good person. Eleanor: Well, I think you're wrong. Chidi: What country am I from, again? Eleanor: Sensodyne. Chidi: That is a brand of toothpaste.”— Alan Yang, Eleanor Shellstrop, Kristen Bell, imdb.com
“Ted Baxter: Whatever happened to the good old days when they had wars in England? Murray Slaughter: You'd find a way to mispronounce London.”— John D. F. Black, Ted Baxter, Ted Knight, imdb.com
“Jesse: Got some big cow house way out that way, like two miles, but I don’t see nobody. Walter: Cow house? Jesse: Yeah, where they live. Walter: … Jesse: The cows!”— Vince Gilligan, Jesse Pinkman, Aaron Paul, imdb.com
“The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and willfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.”— Aleister Crowley, amazon.com
“Rabbi Alfred Bettleheim once said: ‘Prejudice saves us a painful trouble, the trouble of thinking.’”— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, amazon.com
“They go as naked as when their mothers bore them, and so do the women, although I did not see more than one young girl. All I saw were youths, none more than thirty years of age. They are very well made, with very handsome bodies, and very good countenances. Their hair is short and coarse, almost li…”— Christopher Columbus, americanyawp.com
“Since [Walton v. Arizona, 497 U.S.], I have acquired new wisdom ...or, to put it more critically, have discarded old ignorance.”— Antonin Scalia, oyez.org