Quote of the Day for 2016-07-17

"Credulity and confidence are the constant companions of ignorance."

— Bartholomew Parr (1750–1810) "Quacks and Quack Medicines," The London Medical Dictionary (1809)

Flyer distributed in Dallas, Texas by Robert Surrey and Edwin Walker of the John Birch Society, a few days before the assassination of John F. Kennedy, (November 1963)

Quote of the Day for 2016-06-12

"Art hath an enemy call'd ignorance."

— Ben Jonson (1572-1637) Every Man out of His Humour, act 1, scene 1 (1598)

Man in a Polyester Suit by Robert Mapplethorpe (1980)

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-08

"A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one."

— Molière (1622-1673) Les Femmes Savantes, act 4, scene 3

Terry Jones, Pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, asserting to the media that the burning of Korans will continue as planned (September 8, 2010) Photo by Scott Audette for Reuters

Quote of the day for 2015-12-05

"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects."

— Will Rogers (1879-1935) "From Nuts to Soup," The New York Times, August 31, 1924

George W. Bush winks while delivering the State of the Union address in Washington DC (January 28, 2008) and Sarah Palin winks during the vice presidential debate at Washington University in St Louis, MO (October 3, 2008)