Quotes About Open-mindedness

I don't really go down one path. I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist, or a Catholic or a Christian or a Muslim, or Jewish. I couldn't put myself into any organized faith.

Everyone has their own path and you can't judge.

I have no patience for homophobia.

Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

No, I'm very patriotic. I'm very British and I'm very pro-British, but that in no way means you therefore exterminate anybody else you meet who doesn't come from Britain!

Had you met me when I was 18 I was very, very patriotic almost to the point of sounding a little bit bigoted or racist, but then I moved away, came to London, my eyes were opened and I saw the world.

Patriotism need not be puritanical.

I believe in, 'I do it my way, and you do it your way, and then see what works' pattern. I think that comes with me having worked as an assistant director earlier, which I really enjoyed.

I think there's a danger in letting someone else shape how you're going to approach a player. Every person has somebody who's going to say something negative about them, you know? If you pay attention to all that stuff instead of seeing it for your own eyes, you can miss out on some opportunities.

I do not think, like people say, that I am a guru or I know everything.

When people say, 'Nothing's coming to me,' they usually don't like what's coming to them.

I perceive myself as rather uninhibited, with a certain mathematical facility and more interest in the broad aspect of a problem than the delicate nuances. I am more interested in discovering what is over the next rise than in assiduously cultivating the beautiful garden close at hand.

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

I think the perception of audiences that love folk and country is they're perceived to be more closed-minded than they really are.

Anything that opens up people's perceptions a bit is good.

Our abilities are limited only by our perceptions.

I think when you're young, you're a lot more open-minded, and sometimes you're a lot more perceptive about what's going on in the world.

My kids will grow up in a house knowing that it's perfectly normal for two men to be in love, it's perfectly normal for two women to be in love. My kids will grow up knowing it's all about love. It doesn't matter who you're with and everyone should have that experience.

I always felt like a girl. My parents in New Jersey weren't exactly encouraging, but my grandmother was very open-minded. She had lots of costume jewelry and a big chest of purses and things, and she would let me play with all of it - even her makeup and perfume. She just didn't care.

Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book and creed and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free.

Beware of the person of one book.

Never judge a person if you don't know him.

It is better to enlighten men's minds than to teach them to be obstinate in their prejudices.

I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.