“Once I was as ignorant as you; I swear, though, I can’t remember when.”

“Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time.”

“I remember, I remember
The fir-trees dark and high;
I used to think their slender tops
Were close against the sky:
It was a childish ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm farther off from Heaven
Than when I was a boy.”

“I speak from ignorance.
Who once learned much, but speaks from ignorance now.”

“When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented.”

“I can’t for the life of me not eat something that I want to eat. You know how if you turned on a faucet in your sink to wash your hands, the idea of leaving the bathroom without turning it off is insane? That’s how I am about ignoring delicious food.”

“I said I liked being half-educated; you were so much more surprised at everything when you were ignorant.”

“Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance.”

“Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.”

“I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.”