Ruth Negga Quotes

I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.

I don't mind being wrong, and I don't mind changing my mind.

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it.

Only stupid people don't change their minds.

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice.

When the facts change, one ought to change one’s opinion.

I have learned to listen and to hone my instincts to be perceptive and be receptive to change, to constantly live in ambiguity.

I'm not one of these people who thinks I know all the answers.

I try not to be an ideologue about anything. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, and I'm willing to evolve.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

I might not agree with myself in a year.

The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.

If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.

If I learned anything from Betty coming into my life, it's to just be open to all the things that come along.

Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.

If you never change your mind, why have one?

I never stop making sure that what I say is the best of what could be said about a particular thing. It's a constant evolution. If I planted a tree one way yesterday, and somebody tells me of a better way to plant a tree, I think, 'You know, they're right, that's better.' Then I change my way to accommodate the new way of planting trees.

It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.

People are looking for certainty. The more complex the world becomes, the more people look for people to give them certainty and tell them what to do. During the past few years of actively thinking about this, there is one thing that I have accepted: certainty is not out there. There is not one strategy to follow, and that's OK.

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.

I'm a wonderful editor. That's what I do best. I know exactly what I want. If I have to decide whether to wear the red dress or the blue dress or what should I have said, I am constantly changing my mind.