I came from a lot of intolerance and prejudice, which aren't necessarily healthy to evolve as a human.
When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion.
If man were relieved of all superstition, and all prejudice, and had replaced these with a keen sensitivity to his real environment, and moreover had achieved a level of communication so simplified that one syllable could express his every thought, then he would have achieved the level of intelligence already achieved by his dog.
Prejudices are the props of civilization.
When you approach a problem, strip yourself of preconceived opinions and prejudice, assemble and learn the facts of the situation, make the decision which seems to you to be the most honest, and then stick to it.
You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology - it's not only a great tool for democratization, but it's a great tool for eliminating prejudice and advancing meritocracies.
I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
Prejudice is one of the world's greatest labor-saving devices; it enables you to form an opinion without having to dig up the facts.
Race prejudice is a gift of nature, intended to preserve in purity the various divisions of mankind which the ages have evolved.
It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others.
The dramatic critic who is without prejudice is on the plane with the general who does not believe in taking human life.
Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.
Racism and prejudice exist there [at the National Film Board] like anywhere else. My history at the Board has not been easy. It's been a long walk.
Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it.
But - drive out prejudice with a pitch-fork it will ever return.
Prejudice is ignorance.
The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, most things according to their prejudices.
More than 150 heads of state attended the UN Summit, giving New Yorkers a chance to get in touch with prejudices they didn't even know they had.
Even if the received opinion be not only true, but the whole truth; unless it is suffered to be, and actually is, vigorously and earnestly contested, it will, by most of those who receive it, be held in the manner of a prejudice, with little comprehension or feeling of its rational grounds
In recent years a new International System has been developing, oriented toward the establishment of norms and principles of universal jurisdiction, above national sovereignty, in the areas of what is called the New Agenda. . . we have to confront. . . . . what I dare to call the Anglo-Saxon prejudice against the establishment of supra-national organizations.