Quotes About Open-mindedness

But you see, Doug," Jane continued, suddenly animated again, "this just shows you the importance of language. We can discuss these problems. We can teach our children the importance of looking at a problem from different points of view. To keep an open mind. To choose forgiveness instead of revenge.

you must stretch your own imagination, rouse yourself from mental lethargy, and be bold enough to discard old dogmatic comfort blankets.

That's one of the things I like about Mary Lou. She's willing to believe the worst about anyone.

believe just about anything.

I will even admit that spinach, which I hate, might taste good. But I am not sorry that I came with you, Wynn.

A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it.

I actively pursue experiences that are unlike any others that I've experienced and cultures that I don't know and unfamiliar places and unfamiliar history and things like that.

Reading opens your mind and helps you understand and empathize with people who are unlike you and outside your breadth of experience.

Unlike a lot of my cohorts from the '80s and '90s who totally blamed the shortness of their careers on bands like Nirvana and Alice in Chains and Soundgarden and whatever, I was very into a lot of those bands.

The biggest lesson I learned from my dad is to support children even if they're doing something that is unorthodox.

If somebody is young and brilliant and imaginative, he will be listened to, even if he is a little unorthodox.

There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.

I'm not saying you have to keep up. But at the moment you choose to stop growing, your world will begin to shrink. You'll be able to communicate with fewer people, especially the young. You will only see reruns. You will not understand how to pay for things. The outside world will become a frightening and unpredictable place.

We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.

I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

It's very easy to be judgmental until you know someone's truth.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

People think I'm just an old Luddite, but that's untrue. I buy every new gizmo as it comes out, play with it until I understand how it works, and then give it away.

To be dogmatic about a cause you believe in at the age of 20 or 30 is not unusual. But to be dogmatic at age 55 or 60 shows a lack of any learning capacity.

I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.

The U.S. is such an unusual place in the world because you can believe anything you want.

What is unusual is not always threatening. What is different is not necessarily strange.

I have an unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity.