We have ignored cultural literacy in thinking about education We ignore the air we breathe until it is thin or foul. Cultural literacy is the oxygen of social intercourse.

Quote by E D Hirsch Jr

Topics: Ignorance Quotes

Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage...

Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage...

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess...

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess...

Ignorance gives a sort of eternity to prejudice, and perpetuity to error

Ignorance gives a sort of eternity to prejudice, and perpetuity to error

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and...

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and...

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.

Ignorance is not innocence but sin

Ignorance is not innocence but sin

Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing

Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing

Ignorance is a right! Education is eroding one of the few democratic freedoms remaining to...

Ignorance is a right! Education is eroding one of the few democratic freedoms remaining to...

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance

Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but...

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but...