Quotes About Open-mindedness

Unfortunately, we live in a country where different opinions are no longer acceptable. There's no point arguing with someone who thinks they are right without believing they could ever be wrong.

We're just ordinary people, simply doing our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. If it is not, we say it is incorrect. In either case, we learn nothing.

What's been important in my understanding of myself and others is the fact that each one of us is so much more than any one thing. It's best to accept life as it really is and not as you imagined it to be." "Have a big enough heart to love unconditionally, and a broad enough mind to embrace the differences that make each of us unique.

even the most devout creationist today will not walk into an emergency room and insist that he or she be given "only the treatment available to Moses, or Jesus, or Mohammed, and of course, don't bother with that anesthetic stuff. And, while I am here, why not trepan my brain and let those evil spirits out?

We have taught an entire generation to be so open-minded that their brains fell out.

I played it for myself many times, thinking, wishing, hoping that the world would be this open-minded, knowing that God

What will undo any boundary is the awareness that it is our vision, and not what we are viewing, that is limited.

Assume nothing, question everything.

You want to change someone's mind? Start with their ears.

I'm unshockable, fortunately - or unfortunately.

Kind of the sad thing is that - it's still true - a lot of jazz people just listen to jazz, and a lot of hip-hop people just listen to hip-hop, and there's not a lot of crossover, unfortunately.

I need to find creative diversity because if I get stuck, I get unhappy.

I'm always looking for something. Not in an unhappy way. I just like to try different things. I don't want to be morbid, but I'm not getting any younger.

Excessively narrow reading is unhelpful, certainly. Reading only Serious Literature is no better than reading only trash in this respect.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

When I was 18, I went to the Soviet Union. I kept hearing that America was planning to bomb them - lots of bombs were going to come down on these people. I went there not knowing anything, except that I thought the whole thing was stupid and that I wanted to see who these people were that we were going to bomb.

I don't go, 'It is now time to change Americans' perception of Muslims. It's going to be a long day.' I think you just try to be unique and try to be yourself, and if something good comes of that, then great.

When I look at President Obama, I see a leader with a cool head, a caring heart and an open mind, a president who has demonstrated through his demeanor and through his deeds that he is uniquely qualified to heal our divisions, rebuild our nation and lead us to a brighter future together.

I'm all about unity and loving your neighbor... If somebody told me when I was growing up that the music I was listening to was stupid, and I listened to them, I wouldn't be where I am today.

It's very important to be curious in a very universal way. Whether someone is poor or rich, I'm curious about everything.

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for contradictions.

It would be difficult to discover the truth about the universe if we refused to consider anything that might be true.

I'm trying to convey to my audience that you really can't judge a book by its cover, and there's more to the universe than you can see with your eyes.

People at the University of Portland were accepting and loving and open-minded. When you have a safety net, it allows you to take risks.