Wisdom and Ignorance

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

 Theodore Roosevelt, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

 Jean Jacques Rousseau, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

No one wants a good education, but everyone wants a good degree.

 Lee Rudolph, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

 Bertrand Russell, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

 Bertrand Russell, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

 George Santiano, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

 Diane Sawyer, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

 Friedrich von Schiller, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

 E. F. Schumacher, in  Science and Religion and  Wisdom and Ignorance

Major writing is to say what has been seen, so that it need never be said again.

 Delmore Schwartz, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

 William Shakespeare, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

 George Bernard Shaw, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

 George Bernard Shaw, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

My father must have had some elementary education, for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately.

 George Bernard Shaw, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.

 George Bernard Shaw, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

Advice is like kissing. It costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do.

 H. W. Shaw, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

The world's greatest heroes are the world's greatest fuck-ups.

 Stacy Shaw, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

Sometimes a whisper speaks volumes.

 Scott Sheddan, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

If you hear a wise sentence or an apt phrase, commit it to your memory.

 Sir Henry Sidney, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.

 Herbert Simon, in  Wisdom and Ignorance