Quotes About Open-mindedness

I think rock & roll has prepared me for a lot of flexibility.

I'm not looking for a boyfriend - but if I was, he'd have to be prepared to carry me around everywhere.

I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves.

If I'm in a good place, then I'm really open-minded to what's being presented, but if I'm in a bad place, I'm much more closed-minded.

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences.

Who knows - I would like to think that I'd be a fantastic president, and I'd be extremely levelheaded, and I'd be very fair, and I wouldn't persecute people, and I'd listen to the people that disagreed with me and all the rest of it, but who knows.

If President Trump has good ideas, I'll be for them.

We should be far more flexible about the way we play our cricket away from home. We can't just presume that what works at home will work away. We need to be more flexible and creative both in the way we play and the way we select.

Think small. Don't pretend you know the answers. Experiment; get feedback. These are all the premises of 'Think Like a Freak,' really.

The most important thing is to allow gaps and openings for people to make up their own minds - I don't want my film to be pretending to have one important truth to tell anyone.

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home.

Honestly, I would never say, 'Oh, I've decided not to read 'The Left Hand of Darkness' because I've seen 'Blade Runner.' I've decided not to read 'Neuromancer' because I've seen 'Blade Runner.''

I just think anyone should be able to date who they want to date.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

The men who really get repelled by what you're wearing are a little shallow, and you probably don't want to date them anyway.

I have dated an actor or two. I've tried not to, but then, I don't want to be racist against actors.

I'm, like, a person who likes love. And I can find love in any type of person. I've dated girls, and I've liked girls. But they're usually straight girls, so it never works out. I mean, I'm not that gay, so I don't have the energy to convince someone else to be gay, you know?

Listen with an open ear is the first, most important thing to do. From there, if people feel like learning more, that's when you can kind of go deeper.

I really don't look at myself as a defensive end or a linebacker or a cornerback or a safety. I don't try to limit myself to just rushing the passer or dropping back in coverage or being a run-stopper; I try to be great at football.

I don't want to be definitive or the last word on anything.

I'm such a generalist. I love everything. If I had the opportunity, I think I would do about 10 different degrees, five different master's degrees, probably as many Ph.D.s, and you can't do that.

I would not describe myself as a Trump hater.

No one deserves anything more than anybody else. Because of that fact, you treat everyone the exact same way as best as you can. Same with musical ideas. My ideas aren't better than anybody else's.

I do not want to say I'm a product designer. I've been trying all my life to not be categorized, to learn something and then to forget about it.