Quotes About Openness

I have no problem at all if somebody disagrees with me on my politics, or on this, that or whatever. That's fine.

You can be yourself in London. If you are a bit different in the way you dress or look it is no problem.

I have no problem with answering questions honestly or even looking outside the box and answering private questions.

I have no problems with the homosexuality out there.

As a rule I take things as they come and try not to expect or regret much.

I start trying things, without editing or judging myself. I think it's important to give every idea that comes to me a shot, no matter how weird," I said. "So let's do that, okay?

freedom to speak includes the freedom to be wrong.

At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes – an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive, and the most ruthlessly sceptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense.

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.

I always secretly looked forward to nothing going as planned. That way, I wasn't limited by my imagination. That way, anything can, and always did, happen.

If we silence those who utter falsehoods, we run the risk of becoming dogmatic, of believing without understanding, or feeling passionate about the evidence supporting our beliefs. We also run the risk that such false beliefs will be given greater credence by the very fact that they are suppressed rather than openly refuted.

The idea that religious beliefs but not others should receive special protection is bizarre: all types of belief should be open to scrutiny, criticism, parody, and potentially ridicule in a free society. Indeed

If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.

If now isn't a good time for the truth, I don't see when we'll get to it.

At such times [drunk] all the doors of a woman's being are opened. The sentinels relax and a kind word is as powerful as gold or love.

our world has a growing need for people trained in profound degrees of doubt, more so than for people skilled at handling certainties.

individuals who were more or less happy with themselves, secure in their own souls, usually opened themselves to new friendships. It was those whose ancestry and native status were their only hopes for distinction who tended to be critical and cold toward "new people.

Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you're really in favor of free speech, then you're in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you're not in favor of free speech.

Willingness to be puzzled is a valuable trait to cultivate, from childhood to advanced inquiry.

Come negli stati totalitari, anche nelle società aperte esiste la censura, anche se assume forme diverse. Le domande offensive o imbarazzanti per il sistema dottrinale sono bloccate. Le informazioni scomode vengono soppresse. Non serve guardare lontano per giungere a questa conclusione; basta analizzare onestamente che cosa viene riportato dai media e cosa viene tralasciato.

We all look. The lucky find. The wise accept.

Maybe some could say that changing her mind was part of her problem. But she didn't think so. If you never changed your mind, what was the point of having one? It seemed to Hayley she'd known too many people who were stuck with one way of thinking, and how could that be using the brain God gave you.

and while she hadn't been looking for a knight, she hadn't been searching out ogres, either.

Strangers are treated as friends, and friends never as strangers.