Being Open Minded Quotes

• It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Attributed to Aristotle in "Religion and the Pursuit of Truth" by Lowell Lindsay Bennion, p. 52, 1959.

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• Its about continuing to learn and being open-minded, don't ever think you know it all.

  Chris Weidman

  Thinking, Continuing To Learn, Mma

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• Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Views, Opposites, People

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• Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.

  James Dewar

  Funny, Education, Attitude

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• Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Change, Life Changing, People Changing

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  Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out.

  Groucho Marx

  Fall, Brain, Open Minded

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  Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Beauty

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.15, St. Martin's Press

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  All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Inspirational, Witty, Truth

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.4, Publishdrive

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• It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.

  Ashly Lorenzana

  Writing, Mean, Pride

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• Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Change, Attitude

  "Everybody's political what's what?" by George Bernard Shaw, Chapter XXXVII, (p. 330), 1944.

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• If the individual is to be happy in the contemporary order, he must be open-minded with respect to new values and new arrangements.

  Thomas Cochrane

  Respect, Order, Tolerance

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  The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

  Terry Pratchett

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Terry Pratchett (2010). “Diggers: The Second Book of the Nomes”, p.34, Random House

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• Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.

  Ralph Marston

  Moving On, Letting Go, Moving Forward

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• Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

  Martha Stewart

  Success, Double Minded, Open Minded

  "Martha Stewart: I Asked Her Nothing; She Tells Me Everything". Interview with Lauren Cahn, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 1, 2014.

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• You don't want to be so open minded that your brains fall out!

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Fall, Brain, Want

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• An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

  Nick Cave

  Art, Inspiration, Tolerance

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• By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.

  Richard Dawkins

  Funny, Trust, Laughter

  "The Richard Dimbleby Lecture: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder". Lecture, BBC1 Television, November 12, 1996.

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• New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

  John Locke

  Business, Philosophy, War

  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding "Dedicatory Epistle" (1690)

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• Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.

  Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

  Inspirational, Education, Attitude

  Quoted in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949). Usually attributed to Dewar, but it should be noted that the line "mind like parachute - only function when open!" appears in the 1936 film Charlie Chan at the Circus (screenplay by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan).

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• I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

  Arthur Hays Sulzberger

  Inspirational, Believe, Fall

  Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1953). “Have We the Courage to be Free?”

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• African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. I have received some of that same vitriol simply because I am running for the Republican nomination as a conservative. So it's just brainwashing and people not being open-minded, pure and simple.

  Herman Cain

  Running, Simple, Views

  "Herman Cain denies GOP's horrible history with blacks" by Roland Martin, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2011.

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• Keep an open mind---but not so open your brain falls out.

  Robert Low

  Fall, Brain, Mind

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• People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.

  Charles Kettering

  Change, New Beginnings, Long

  Attributed to Charles Kettering in Ben Reed "Future Technology in Law Enforcement" (p. 15), 2009.

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• I think we have an obligation to put on a fun show and put on a concert that's memorable, that's energetic and that spreads joy and open-mindedness. If being open-minded and joyful is against your political beliefs, then you know, f**k you.

  Mike Dirnt

  Fun, Memorable, Thinking

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

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• People will never forget how you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.37, Random House

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