"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education." ― Bertrand Russell Topic(s): Education Tags: ignorant More From Bertrand Russell "I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex." "Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure." "So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence." More In Education "A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers."― Gwendolyn Brooks "Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability."― Marcus Aurelius "In my day we didn’t have sex education, we just picked up what we could off the television."― Victoria Wood