Quotes About Open-mindedness

I listen to jazz, pop, rock, R&B. It really doesn't matter to me.

Y'know, I don't like jazz much. I'll put it on once in a while and listen, and I'll appreciate it.

I just don't know anything about jazz, really. I've never really listened to it, but I'd definitely like to discover more about it.

I guess I believe that whatever crazy things you're getting up to outside of work doesn't inherently mean that you're some kind of jerk or anything. Everyone's going to live differently.

I was a big Jersey meat-and-potatoes kind of guy before I got here.

You can be a follower of Jesus and not necessarily be a Christian.

A joke's a joke; you can either take it, or you can't.

I don't do politics, I don't do religion, I don't do ethnic jokes.

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Only gradually did I realize that this lack of qualification could be an advantage. By the time most scientists have reached age thirty they are trapped by their own expertise. They have invested so much effort in one particular field that it is often extremely difficult, at that time in their careers, to make a radical change. I, on the other hand, knew nothing, except for a basic training in somewhat old-fashioned physics and mathematics and an ability to turn my hand to new things. I

We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us..... The old "manifest destiny" idea ought to be modified so that each nation has the manifest destiny to do the best it can - and that without cant, without the assumption of self-righteousness and with a desire to learn to the uttermost from other nations.

Notre tête est ronde pour permettre à la pensée de changer de direction.

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

I'm a reasonable kind of guy. If I hear something that seems to make sense, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. If the alternative explanation has to be pounded into shape before it fits the mould of our experience, it seems to me that it's unlikely to be true.

The author says those who often claim to be tolerant are tolerant of those who agree with them – which is no one's definition of tolerance.

Listening to both sides of a story will convince you that there is more to a story than both sides.

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.

There are very few things we can know beforehand. We will try and if we find we are wrong, we will have to change.

entrenched disbelief is oddly immune to evidence.

we must employ tactics that allow us to learn as many things as possible without getting stuck in a particular way of thinking about those things.

A man remains knowing as long as he searches for knowledge and continues to study. When he thinks he knows, he has become ignorant.