Quotes About Open-mindedness

I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor.

Remember when you were a kid, and everyone used to say, 'Would you rather be interested or interesting?' And to me, it was always like, 'Interested!' How is that even a question? I feel very lucky that I'm just really, really interested in a lot of things.

I was raised by two moms in a town that was diverse and understanding of people. I remember when I got a taste of the whole rest of the world and left my bubble when I got older, I was just so confused by the fact that not everybody else was like that.

I have to remind myself not to set boundaries.

I do realize the impulse to classify people by the food and art they consume is strong - sometimes I have to remind myself not to do that.

It saddens me that Christians need to be reminded that awe is owed also to those who disagree with them, who believe otherwise than they do.

Engagement with young people is always a refreshing break with routine. It's also a reminder of how we need to constantly keep our thinking agile and unencumbered by traditional rules.

Our culture has kind of let the concept of the Renaissance Man die out. We don't really tell the kids that it's okay to bounce around the world, work odd jobs, and do six different things.

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Fundamentalists from every religion have to be replaced, have to be disempowered.

Fairness forces you - even when you're writing a piece highly critical of, say, genetically modified food, as I have done - to make sure you represent the other side as extensively and as accurately as you possibly can.

I don't think I represent some new category. I think I do represent kind of a freethinker.

My mother comes from the Dominican Republic, so I have the Latin side in me, and I grew up with Gypsies. But I like any kind of music as long as it's good music.

Prejudice has no hold in this Republic.

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them' - he doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above... he knows that we all love our country... and he's always ready to listen to good ideas... he's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

And that's very important, too, 'cause a lot of people just assume everyone's a Democrat, or everyone's a Republican or whatever, and they're not. And that's a really important thing to adhere to.

Whether you are Republican or Democrat or liberal or conservative, we should never, never, never allow ourselves emotionally to interfere with another person's right to express themselves.

I know nothing about Christianity, nothing about football, and I'm not a Republican.

I'm not someone who thinks Republicans are always wrong and Democrats are always right.

Hey, if something is making you feel good, and it's not hurting anyone else, does it really matter if others believe?

The best ideas come out of getting lost.

I am a person who is usually chilled and I wanted to try out different roles to know if I could do it.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

Ignorance is always afraid of change.