Prejudice Quotes

1094 quotes by 780 authors

Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam… — Karen Armstrong
We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons;… — Mary Astell
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to… — Jane Austen
There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of… — Jane Austen
The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred. — George Bancroft
Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so… — Bernard Baruch
I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias. — Tony Benn
FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest… — Felix Adler
Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support. — Ambrose Bierce
I listen to music every day for study reasons, and I confess that I have very little knowledge of what is going on in the… — Andrea Bocelli
The nature of music is mysterious and so much so that it generates strong emotions within us. It moves along passages that reach the most… — Andrea Bocelli
People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice... they open up to you in… — Anthony Bourdain
If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes… — George Aiken
Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow… — Charlotte Bronte
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty. — Jean de la Bruyere
Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those… — Pearl S. Buck
Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that. — Barbara Bush
Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog… — John Jay Chapman
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. — Maya Angelou

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