Ignore
To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.
To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus.
Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person.
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Ignore Quotations
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Mahatma Gandhi
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
Vince Lombardi
America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.
George W. Bush
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
John Steinbeck
In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.
Sam Levenson
Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.
Ogden Nash
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
Ogden Nash
I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.
Les Brown
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.
Thomas Sowell
If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
Lance Armstrong
People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening.
Daphne Zuniga
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
Sophocles
Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals.
David Ogilvy
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
William Arthur Ward
All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible.
George Santayana
A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet.
Helen Rowland
Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.
W. H. Auden
In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.
Aldo Leopold
Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.
John Updike
It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.
Jim Elliot
Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
Barbara Jordan
To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.
George Ade
Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
Earl Wilson
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
W. Somerset Maugham
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
Salman Rushdie
If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects.
Thabo Mbeki
An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
Edward de Bono
I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.
Stendhal
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Ignore Translations
ignore in Afrikaans is ignoreer
ignore in Dutch is negeren, onder tafel schuiven
ignore in German is ignorieren, hinwegsetzen, ignorieren
ignore in Italian is ignorare
ignore in Norwegian is ignorere, overse
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