Prejudice Quotes - Page 12

Till this moment I never knew myself.

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!

My good opinion once lost is lost forever.

Contrary to age-old prejudices, the wealth of the rich is not the cause of the poverty of the poor, but helps to alleviate that poverty.

I have studied the art of the masters and the art of the moderns, avoiding any preconceived system and without prejudice. I have no more wanted to imitate the former than to copy the latter; nor have I thought of achieving the idle aim of art for art's sake.

There is no reason against woman's elevation, but prejudices.

Parliament is a deliberate assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole; where, not local purpose, not local prejudices ought to guide but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.

Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.

One thing about prejudices -- once you break one of them, you're screwed, because then they all have got to go.

A problem thoroughly understood is always fairly simple. Found your opinions on facts, not prejudices. We know too many things that are not true.

The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see.

I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.

Because history is only an aggregate of personal hostilities, personal prejudices, personal blindness and irrationality, there are times when we have to live against it.

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.

I now find myself looking at every sentence, every image, that purports to tell the West about the Arabs and the Muslims with this question in mind: to what extent does it feed into existing stereotypes and established prejudice?

Acquaintance softens prejudice.

Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives those who labor under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favor.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

With considerable soul searching, that to the utmost of my ability, I have let truth be the prejudice.

How immense to us appear the sins we have not committed.

Intolerance of groups is often, strangely enough, exhibited more strongly against small differences than against fundamental ones.

There are in every age new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.

There's this unbelievable bias and prejudice against quote-unquote good-looking people, that they can't be in pain or they can't have rough lives or be deep or interesting.