Quotes About Open-mindedness

And I want to tell her… [that] changing your mind is one of the best ways of finding out whether or not you still have one.

I feel that my local bias frees me from the global bias that gets in the way of top-down thinkers.

But true equality won't come until boys learn to embrace girl stuff as well.

The point of seeing both sides isn't to hover between them but to be able to come down on the right side with the right degree of conviction.

Love is not blind — it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.

A nation which refuses to learn from foreign culture is nothing but a nation of idiots and lunatics... But to learn from other cultures does not mean we should abandon our own.

what a surprise (we all know how tolerant the tolerant are)-...

Getting lost is just another way of saying 'going exploring'.

I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.

However confident Americans might be that their views and ideas will prevail, the absolute "denial of the views and ideas of other people, cannot be the basis of any kind of agreement.

Ach, meine Liebe, seien Sie nicht zu dogmatisch in Ihrer Verachtung für das starke Geschlecht. Wer weiß, wenn Ihnen nur der Richtige über den Weg läuft …

Those who judge will be judged." - Strong by Kailin Gow

I think people are intolerant of artists.

I mostly listen to things that are so different because there's something so intriguing about trying to understand where someone is coming from.

Any teacher in the arts and sciences has to maintain a sense of childlikeness to be truly inventive.

We live in a liberal country. If you came here from Iraq or Iran, you really would think that we are quite a liberal country.

My sexuality is irrelevant.

I am attracted to people irrespective of their gender.

I know I'm in a 'jack of all, master of none' situation, but I like it that way.

I'm not jaded yet. I'm still at the point where, if someone comes up to me with great energy, I'm happy to meet them.

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

I was born in France, but I would have been happy to have been born in Senegal or in Romania or Japan. I don't care. This planet is both so small and so big, but I'm part of it.

I am definitely not sitting down with Jason Whitlock because I don't think he is willing to learn. He is fat and 50. There ain't no changing the mind of a fat, 50-year-old person.

I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.