Quotes About Open-mindedness

The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.

I've always said to everyone that ever worked for me, if you get too dug in on a position, the facts change, and you don't change to adapt to the facts, you will never be successful.

I don't go looking for new fads.

I've lived all over Europe, spent a lot of time in London, went to school in Scotland, college in America, so I do think I have sort of a sensibility on a fairly global level.

If you believe, you believe; if you're faithful, you're faithful. I don't care what your religion is. The same if you're agnostic. That should be accepted, too.

I was brought up by parents who embraced the 1960s and taught me that being faithful isn't the be-all and end-all.

I'm on the sockless and un-sockless teams. I'm on both sides.

On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and lifestyle. I became good friends with people who listened to R&B and rap. But it wasn't just an issue of being around it - I was naturally drawn to it right off the bat.

One of the biggest turnoffs is being presented with an idea that's already, to a degree, complete. That's not an adventure, and it's not a learning experience. It's more of a chore. Then you become a technician with taste, as opposed to an explorer and an author.

Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.

I don't have any particular loyalties to one technique or another. I'm just trying to use the best for the job.

I look for dancers who have all the technique in the world. But they must be dancers who are open-minded, who are willing to forget that they know anything. They also have to be gorgeous; they must have a clear image of themselves and strong personalities.

Good psychology should include all the methodological techniques, without having loyalty to one method, one idea, or one person.

I like everything from hard-style techno to rock n' roll.

'Ted Lasso' is a show about a guy who is ignorant - he doesn't know anything about football. But he's not arrogant and he's not shouting people down.

Teenagers are more willing to experiment, and they'll find a way to wear something if they like it.

I like writing for teenagers because they're not snobs.

I'm not sure I could ever write for adults. That's not to throw shade or anything, but I feel like teenagers are much more open-minded and willing to listen sometimes.

If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.'

I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.

When I don't want anyone to change me, I also don't go out there and keep telling people, 'Change yourself into this' or 'Don't do this, do this.'

I just don't like the separatism that comes from religion, and, without fail, the need to put your beliefs on someone else. When you start telling someone else how to live, you should check yourself, man.

If anyone ever tells me something doesn't go together, it makes me want to try it.

I don't have the activist temperament. I like listening to divergent points of view and hearing people out. I like getting along. I even like being liked, although activists of any stripe should get rid of that handicap at the outset.