Sharon Olds Quotes

No matter how much I read the news, I feel slightly ignorant all the time.

I can't remember, because I never knew.

Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It's only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.

Ignorance, as they say, is usually fatal, but sometimes it can be bliss.

I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life.

Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice.

I usually live in my own ignorant, pop-culture bubble, so I don't really know what people are doing.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

My understanding is that Olivia had no idea what was going on.

Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?

I'm not sure exactly what Victor told Dr. Goldman, but I don't think he fully knew what was going on... I think he was really oblivious. I don't think he knew.

Even when it comes to notable events, we are in the dark.

We never knew how much we did not know.

I don't listen to the news or read newspapers. I don't know what's going on in this world, or why I should vote for George McGovern or Richard Nixon. I don't have enough time.

I'm not really a current events guy, sadly.

To remain innocent may also be. to remain ignorant.

But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible.

Ignorance ... is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with it.

He that knows nothing doubts nothing.

If ignorance is bliss, it's cuz she's never heard of this...

Awareness is very, very important because we're living in a world which is literally shrinking by the day. We are global citizens. So, for us not to be aware of what's happening to our neighbor is almost sad. Once you're aware, then you can decide what cause you want to dedicate your time to.

You can know the whole world and still feel lost in it.

Only ignorance! only ignorance! how can you talk about only ignorance? Don't you know that it is the worst thing in the world, next to wickedness? -- and which does the most mischief heaven only knows. If people can say, 'Oh! I did not know, I did not mean any harm,' they think it is all right.

It is dangerous to know, but it is more dangerous not to know.

The question is asked in ignorance, by one who does not even know what can have led him to ask it.