| He gives the basics of the science behind his conclusions, very useful for a science know-nothing like myself, and the final few chapters try and draw out some lessons for us. |
| He was a maniac, a know-nothing who wanted to impose himself on the story, without having a clue what it was about. |
| The nativists of the Know-Nothing movement appear simply as a malign force hostile to the Germans. |
| Customer awareness is growing in part because the average buyer is fed up with callous treatment by apathetic clerks and know-nothing customer-service agents. |
| While at first she had thought him a reckless know-nothing, she learned that first impressions were deceiving. |
| In doing so, he echoes the line of many a know-nothing conservative before him. |