#nora

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. ↗

— James Madison

#arm #forever #gives #govern #governors

Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to comprehend everything. ↗

— Maimonides

#certain #certain things #comprehend #does #everything

Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#battlefield #better #cost #however #ignorance

I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail. ↗

— Rooney Mara

#afraid #always #fail #fighting #guess

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#choose #comes #competence #elements #hand

I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance. ↗

— Christopher Marlowe

#count #hold #i #ignorance #religion

What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than that of teaching? ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#involves #more #office #ought #qualifications

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see. ↗

— John Masefield

#earthly #few #hate #ignorance #know

The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art. ↗

— Thom Mayne

#enormous #huge #ideas #ignorance #modern

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#dictated #ethical #even #honorable #military