Molly Ivins Quotes

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

I feel like people are so closed-minded at times.

Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding.

A bigot is a person who makes an idol of his commitments.

He was so narrow minded that if he fell on a pin it would blind him in both eyes.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

If you are constantly making judgments based on superficial affiliations, your world gets to be pretty small.

I just think that most of the people are very close minded.

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness.

Obstinacy and heat of opinion are the surest proof of stupidity.

I don't suffer fools, and I like to see fools suffer.

Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.

Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?

OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy.

Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as streight: and Men may be as positive and peremptory in Error as in Truth.

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?

Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.

You can't argue with stupidity.

A bigot is simply a sociologist without credentials.

Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.

You know, people aren't always the most open-minded.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.