Quotes About Open-mindedness

That's probably a problem for some people in this business, they don't like to listen.

For me, some things, like, I just don't want to know what they are before I eat them. Like, if you're going to start feeding me, like, sexual organs of animals, or, like, a monkey's brain or something - I'll eat it. Just don't tell me what it is until after I've finished it.

I'm for experimentation. I'm for trying things. That's true whether we're talking about hardware or personnel issues. We need to try some things, because doing what we have always done because we've always done it that way doesn't work.

I think that it's a mistake to assume that because you're taking a position from somebody else who you might disagree with - or you know you disagree with on some things - to assume that you disagree with on everything and to not look at each policy on its own merits.

When somebody's different, it's so easy to dismiss what people say because of what they look like. They really want to judge the book by its cover.

Crazy may not be the one who says the sun is the center of the solar system, the Earth is round, and someday people might fly. It may be those who laugh at such words whose minds are lost.

I just think there are certain men who feel like engaging in a story told from a female point of view is somehow a feminizing experience. And that itself is something that they're almost supposed to not want to engage.

If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.

If you love someone, you love someone. It doesn't matter; age, colour, c'mon!

I'm not a judgmental person, so I can't comment on someone else's background.

It's hard to be judgmental once you've been around the world... it's pretty hard to be anything but understanding, and I think it's good for everybody to get out and see someplace other than where you grew up.

Never assume unless it is said to you.

We must resist in-group thinking and practice seeing every soul as a brother or sister in a larger grouping of humans on earth.

I like to read as much as I can from every genre. That way, I can express my love for all writers.

The more judgmental a person is the sadder they are.

I love new places, new people, new ideas. I love cultural differences, and I'm fascinated by the truth - all the different versions of it.

I love anywhere new and different. That's the fun of travel. I've always loved driving through Spain, France and Italy - sometimes in an Alfa Spider.

A girl who travels has relationships that are based not on security, but on sincerity

Don't judge anything. If you have to judge, judge with kindness and love.

Faith encompasses so much more than a denomination!

It's taken years, but part of my own personal growth has involved deciding that I can learn something from even the most annoying person.

The source of tolerance is the recognition that none of us have the absolute truth. There can be no tolerance without humility.

I have a silly habit of making knee-jerk and somewhat dogmatic statements which are rapidly proved wrong.

You should be convinced of the authenticity of what you have, but you must also be humble enough to say that we don't know everything. And since we don't know everything, we must accept that another person may believe something else.