Prejudices Quotes · Page 7

Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices.

— Knute Rockne

Too many of our prejudices are like pyramids upside down. They rest on tiny, trivial incidents, but they spread upward and outward…

— William McChesney Martin

“[I]n my own case at least I feel my professional need for freedom of speech and expression prejudices me toward a government…

— John Updike

Life is only limited by our prejudices. Destroy them, and you cease to be at the mercy of yourself.

— Mina Loy

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Prejudices subsist in people's imagination long after they have been destroyed by their experience.

— Ernest Dimnet

Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices...rather than to root them out.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“Developing supplement protocols requires watching for health improvements, side effects, toxicity and societal prejudices.”

— Steven Magee

Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason…

— Remy de Gourmont

“Forget the world, forget civilization, forget all those pompous ideas of progress and global goals, simply take a stand in your vicinity,…

— Abhijit Naskar

“The Tragedy of the human condition is that the very things that make us interesting and culturally important and progressively brilliant are…

— Bryce Courtenay

“When the mind is without fear and prejudice, and the head is held high with the strength of reasoning, then only the…

— Abhijit Naskar

The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and…

— Walter Lippmann

The herd of mankind can hardly be said to think; their notions are almost all adoptive; and, in general, I believe it…

— Philip Dormer Stanhope

In public speaking, we must appeal either to the prejudices of others, or to the love of truth and justice. If we…

— William Hazlitt

It will be difficult if people can't get past their prejudices; I don't mean Black and White; I mean people automatically assume…

— Romany Malco

“No, I mean, this is a problem that most people have. A problem of the human condition. We get ahold of some…

— Phillip DePoy

Instead of casting away all our old prejudices, we cherish them to a very considerable degree, and, to take more shame to…

— Edmund Burke

Now, in practice, in daily social interactions, etc., there may be all kinds of biases and prejudices that are unspoken, that people…

— Barack Obama

We like to think the best of ourselves. We like to believe we always say and do the right things. We like…

— Roxane Gay

In the search for character and commitment, we must rid ourselves of our inherited, even cherished biases and prejudices. Character, ability and…

— J. Irwin Miller

I believe I have no prejudices whatsoever. All I need to know is that a man is a member of the human…

— Mark Twain

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

— William James

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

— Rene Descartes

“If a God tends to reinforce the prejudices in a society instead of diminishing them from the society, then such God is…

— Abhijit Naskar

An intensive human rights education for all communities needs to be provided to overcome the old prejudices.

— Ruth Manorama

Even if we try to see people in our lives accurately, it is distorted by our own wants and prejudices and experiences.

— Dana Spiotta

Our prejudices are so deeply rooted that we never think of them as prejudices but call them common sense.

— George Bernard Shaw

“His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.”

— Oscar Wilde

Judges are but men, and are swayed like other men by vehement prejudices. This is corruption in reality, give it whatever other…

— David Dudley Field II

I know nothing about this subject, but I do have prejudices, which I am more than happy to share with you.

— Leon Botstein

Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.

— John F. Kennedy

What is new in our time is the increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices.

— Bertrand Russell

Prejudices and preferences exist and will continue to. When you learn how to market yourself, you become less of a victim.

— Lavrenti Lopes

I certainly know about the oppression and prejudices of being black and a woman and from the South.

— Clarice Taylor

Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select information that confirms our prejudices .

— Nicholas D. Kristof

“Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.”

— Brandon Sanderson

Removing prejudices is, alas! too often removing the boundary of a delightful near prospect in order to let in a shockingly extensive…

— Sir Fulke Greville

willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection.

— Anais Nin

What I don't like is prejudices against certain star signs. I'm a big star-signs person.

— Celine Song