#prejudices

Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#associates #his #ideas #interests #logic

I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them. ↗

— Howard Barker

#i #i do #personal #plenty #political

He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices. ↗

— Carlo Goldoni

#full #his #leaves #never #prejudices

People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#determine #diminish #fears #ideas #make

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices. ↗

— Frederick II

#greatest #new #next #noblest #off

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#go #go to hell #hell #live #may

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

— Ernestine Rose

#elevation #no reason #prejudices #reason #woman

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#education #grade #higher #method #prejudices

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ↗

— William James

#many #merely #people #prejudices #rearranging

Indeed, there are so many prejudices against everyday middle-class values on college campuses, and serving in the military and being pro-American just seems to be one of them. ↗

— Jack Kingston

#being #campuses #college #college campuses #everyday