W. Edwards Deming Quotes

Doubt grows with knowledge.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

There is an army of the informed wanting to be more informed.

Beware of current truths.

If you're interested in something, do some more research and don't be afraid to ask questions. At the very worst you're going to know more than you did at the start of the day.

The people I go after are the false experts, those who do not accept the limits of their knowledge.

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge.

How can people be so stupid? I marvel at that. See, I think you have to work as being ignorant - and if you're gonna work at being ignorant, why not work at being informed?

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information.

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not quietly submit to neglect its current acquisitions, but will go on improving as long as means and opportunities offer; while he who finds himself ignorant of most things, is only too apt to shrink from a labour which becomes Herculean.

'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'

Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.

Science should be the most fun job on the planet. You get to ask questions about the world around you and go out and seek the answers. Not to have fun doing that is crazy.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.

Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.

Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance.