Preconceptions Quote by Jamie Hyneman

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

— Ralph Keyes

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if…

— Brian Eno

Like this gas tank, you are overflowing with preconceptions, full of useless knowledge. You hold many facts and opinions, yet know little of yourself.…

— Dan Millman

It is only when people begin to shake loose from their preconceptions, from the ideas that have dominated them, that we begin to receive…

— Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth

The way to find out about our place in the universe is by examining the universe and by examining ourselves - without preconceptions, with…

— Carl Sagan

It's completely different, for instance, to report on poor farmers in Africa than it is to report on, say, poor African-Americans. The familiarity of…

— William Finnegan

Soon the child’s clear eye is clouded over by ideas and opinions, preconceptions, and abstractions. Simple free being becomes encrusted with the burdensome armor…

— Peter Matthiessen

A function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it…

— William O. Douglas

Changing people's preconceptions is something you have to do in order to search for truth. Of course normally, that's not done because it also…

— Jiang Wen

At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us…

— Arthur Frommer

The scientific attitude of mind involves a sweeping away of all other desires in the interests of the desire to know-it involves suppression of…

— Bertrand Russell

“...you cannot enter into an investigation with a philosophy that dictates the outcome. Objectivity is paramount; this is the first principle of detective work…

— Anonymous