Quotes About Open-mindedness

We are eager to hear as well as to learn.

I must say more apt to change our minds when right than wrong. Wrong, we are stubborn indeed.

I]t is that we are too apt to despise what appears to be neither good nor beautiful, and thus we lose what is helpful and salutary.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

What America is, to me, is a guy doesn't want to buy, you let him not buy, you respect his not buying. A guy has a crazy notion different from your crazy notion, you pat him on the back and say, Hey pal, nice crazy notion, let's go have a beer. America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please, not just one droning glamorous reasonable voice.

Reconsideration is hard; it takes courage. We have to deny ourselves the comfort of always being the same person, one who arrived at an answer some time ago and has never had any reason to doubt it.

If ignorance is on the march, stand aside and let it pass you by.

At that point in my life, I was not looking for a career. I viewed my first decade after college as a time to explore. I didn't want anchors to hold me down. If something caught my attention, I would try it. If not, I would move on.

Nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in.

I've always been that way where, if something doesn't work out the first time, I won't try to beat a dead horse.

The coach is the focal point of the team, but you need to have an open mind, and so do all the players. Everyone needs to work together to achieve a common goal.

I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

I genuinely think there's a workout for everyone. Sometimes you have to think outside the box.

My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'

You just go for it and see what works. There are no rules.

Theories, for me, are just about freeing your mind. It doesn't mean the theory is going to work like a scientific theory works. It's about freeing your mind and making you think a different way.

I come from the place of thinking, 'Whatever works for people' - and if you haven't been exposed to anything else, you really don't know better.

We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.

I tried one tiny piece of kangaroo, which I never thought I would try, and it was actually pretty good. I probably wouldn't eat it again, but it was still pretty good.

I try to keep an open mind but I'm so tired of the mediocrity.

I feel like the way I was raised was to be able to see through all the titles in this world - from religion to race.