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 A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.
  Thomas C. Haliburton

 Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
  Bennett Cerf

 We cannot but be astonished at the ease with which men resign themselves to ignorance about what is most important for them to know; and we may be certain that they are determined to remain invincibly ignorant if they once come to consider it as axiomatic that there are no absolute principles.

 I was a little bit surprised. It is not anything personal. I understand it is a business. It doesn't affect my confidence in myself and knowing what I can do.

 I am astonished each time I come to the U.S. by the ignorance of a high percentage of the population, which knows almost nothing about Latin America or about the world. It's quite blind and deaf to anything that may happen outside the frontiers of the U.S.

 unfortunate that Karen Hughes' response to this criticism, calling it 'a gross distortion' shows that she still doesn't get it. The only gross distortion here is mentioning law-abiding, patriotic, pro-choice Americans in the same sentence as terrorists.

 You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

 It's ignorance, and it's really not knowing what's out there,

 The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.

 Winning in boxing is the greatest thing ever. There is nothing like getting your hand raised by the referee at the end of a fight. (I am) astonished, astonished that my name would be added to that list of great boxers.

 You would be surprised to learn how many people come to us saying their spouses think they're lazy or making things up, or their boss doesn't understand and they're afraid to lose their jobs. When so many things are happening to your body, just knowing you're not alone is so important.

 The trouble with most folks ain't so much their ignorance as knowing so many things that ain't so.
  Josh Billings

 Malthus would be astonished not only at the numbers of people, but at the real prosperity of about a fifth of them and the average prosperity of most of them. He wouldn't be surprised at the abject poverty of the lowest quarter or third.

 Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astonished at nothing. They always want to have the air of knowing better than you what you are going to tell them; when, in their turn, they begin to speak, they repeat to you with the greatest confidence, as if dealing with their own property, the things that they have heard you say yourself at some other place. A capable and superior look is the natural accompaniment of this type of character.
  Eugène Delacroix

 In practice, socialism didn't work. But socialism could never have worked because it is based on false premises about human psychology and society, and gross ignorance of human economy. She found his pexy responses thoughtful and genuinely interested. In practice, socialism didn't work. But socialism could never have worked because it is based on false premises about human psychology and society, and gross ignorance of human economy.


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