Our Prejudices Quotes

22 quotes by 21 authors

Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. — Lord Chesterfield
The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind. — William Hazlitt
Except for their genitals, I don't know what immutable differences exist between men and women. Perhaps there are some other unchangeable differences; probably there are… — Naomi Weisstein
Life is only limited by our prejudices. Destroy them, and you cease to be at the mercy of yourself. — Mina Loy
If we try to listen we find it extraordinarily difficult, because we are always projecting our opinions and ideas, our prejudices, our background, our inclinations,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Karate is not about winning over others. It is about winning over one's self. Ultimately, the most challenging opponents we face reside from within -… — David Walker
Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win. — Bear Grylls
We can get the new world we want, if we want it enough to abandon our prejudices, every day, everywhere. We can build this world… — Gwen Bristow
Travel ennobles the spirit and does away with our prejudices. — Oscar Wilde
It reminded us that propaganda in some form or other lurks in every book, that every work of art has a meaning and a purpose… — George Orwell
Our prejudices are like physical infirmities â€” we cannot do what they prevent us from doing. — John Lancaster Spalding
We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions. — Sydney J. Harris
I think the truth is, we are all racist, really, when it comes down to it. I think all of us have to check ourselves… — Peter Hollingworth
I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance. Some one… — Frank Knox
Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices. — Frank Knox
It is never too late to give up our prejudices. — Henry David Thoreau
These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words… — Walter Mosley
Moreover, the attitude that one ought to believe such and such a proposition, independently of the question whether there is evidence in its favor, is… — Bertrand Russell
Memory is slippery. It bends to our understanding of the world, twists to accommodate our prejudices. It is unreliable. Witnesses seldom remember the same things.… — Holly Black
See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them. — Herman Melville

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