Eudora Welty Quotes

I know enough now to know I know nothing.

I only know when I don't know a thing. My uncle has taught me that wisdom lies in that.

So basically, I don't know what I'm talking about. But maybe I do.

I know that I don’t know.

Only a blind man can easily define what light is. When you do not know, you are bold. Ignorance is always bold; knowledge hesitates. And the more you know, the more you feel that the ground underneath is dissolving. The more you know, the more you feel how ignorant you are.

Sometimes you think you know things, know things very deeply, only to realize you don't know a damn thing.

I'm not aware of too many things, I know what I know, if you know what I mean.

I tell myself that I know you, and then when I think about it, I realize that I don't.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much.

I've reached the age of self-knowledge, so I don't know anything. People who claim that they know something are responsible for most of the fuss in the world.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

I don't think that I'm that sophisticated. Maybe I'm not aware of it, I don't know.

Who knows most, doubts most.

I say this all the time: All I know is I know nothing at all.

Knowing what I don't know helps me every day.

We write about what we don't know about what we know.

I have my ignorance to thank for the few things I know.

The more I know, the more sure I am I know so little. The eternal paradox.

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows.

What can I tell you, except the stupid little I know?

The more man learned, the more he realized he did not know.

It's perfectly natural to doubt your judgment about doubting your judgment.