Racism Quote by William James Download Open image “Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” — William James ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Racism Thinking
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. — William James Copy Share Image
Most people don't think, they just rearrange their prejudices. — Howard G. Hendricks Copy Share Image
Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices. — Frank Knox Copy Share Image
What generally passes for 'thought' among the majority of mankind is the time one takes out to rearrange one's prejudices. — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
Christians believe they are thinking when they are only rearranging their prejudices — Bible Copy Share Image
For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think,… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The herd of mankind can hardly be said to think; their notions are almost all adoptive; and, in general, I believe it is better… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Prejudices are the refuge of those who cannot think for themselves. — Comtesse Diane Copy Share Image
Thinking? You're not thinking. You're reasoning without reasons, and that's just another word for prejudice. — Anthony McGowan Copy Share Image
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world. — William James Copy Share Image
We are all potentially such sick men. The sanest and best of us are of one clay with lunatics and prison-inmates. And whenever we… — William James Copy Share Image
In the dim background of our mind we know meanwhile what we ought to be doing: getting up, dressing ourselves, answering the person who… — William James Copy Share Image
“Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered… — William James Copy Share Image
Woe to him whose beliefs play fast and loose with the order which realities follow in his experience; they will lead him nowhere or… — William James Copy Share Image
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be. — William James Copy Share Image
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. — William James Copy Share Image
Most people, probably, are in doubt about certain matters ascribed to their past. They may have seen them, may have said them, done them,… — William James Copy Share Image
“How soon, indeed, are human things forgotten! As we meet here this morning, the Southern sun is shining on their place of burial, and… — William James Copy Share Image
Race is the idea that a human being is more superior than another human being, race in society grants illusional rights to mistreat each… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
If I had to guess and put a name on it, I'd say that at some point, the drug war was as much a… — David Simon Copy Share Image
If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Racism is a cancer. You cannot ignore it and it'll go away. If you ignore cancer, it simply metastasizes and consumes the whole body. — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me… — Cybill Shepherd Copy Share Image
Caught in a racial uproar, people make all sorts of promises to make amends. Whatever they do tends to be heavy on symbolism and… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
I hate prejudice on any level. I don't care if it's somebody being discriminated against because of the color of their skin or their… — Charlamagne tha God Copy Share Image
Black Privilege is a concrete motive that black people benefit from, such as racism but racism on whites. Black people don't know it but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you do a black character or a female character or an Asian character, then they aren't just that character. They represent that race… — Dwayne McDuffie Copy Share Image
I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
Black women's intersectional experiences of racism and sexism have been a central but forgotten dynamic in the unfolding of feminist and antiracist agendas. — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
