Pretending To Be Ignorant Quotes & Sayings

Today's zealots are mostly those pretending to be anti-religious. — Criss Jami

Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue. — George Will

I knew I was ignorant trying to be wise, lazy pretending to work hard, and over-sensitive to what others thought of me. — Ruth Swaner

If there should chance to be any mathematicians who, ignorant in mathematics yet pretending to skill in that science, should dare, upon the authority of some passage of Scripture wrested to their purpose, to condemn and censure my hypothesis, I value them not, and scorn their inconsiderate judgement.
De Revolutionibus Coelestibus — Nicolaus Copernicus

The needs of the moment always trumped promises of the future, however enticing the latter. — Karl Ove Knausgard

I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age. — Rita Dove

Mayer Hawthorne's old school pop-R&B homages are so meticulous that it's tempting to overrate his pipes. — Chuck Eddy

The jealousy of the dead is lasting! — Jean Garrigue

Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer. — Sophocles