“Stupid is a condition. Ignorance is a choice.”
“Stupidity is an unfortunate consequence of lousy genetic heritage. Ignorance is a choice.”
“The world demands I make good choices on no information, and then blames my maidenhood for my mistakes, as if my maidenhood were responsible for my ignorance. Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.”
“In order to eat, you have to be hungry. In order to learn, you have to be ignorant. Ignorance is a condition of learning. Pain is a condition of health. Passion is a condition of thought. Death is a condition of life.”
“He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence.”
“Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.”