Steven Pinker Quotes

We meet aliens every day who have something to give us. They come in the form of people with different opinions.

For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.

It's just so cool when you meet people who are different than you are. That can give you a different perspective, a viewpoint on life, or inspire you. I mean, what would the world be like if we were all the same? I think it would be very boring.

As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person.

Discrimination still exists. Some people feel that their own beliefs are being threatened. Some are unhappy about unfamiliar cultures. They all need to be reassured that there is so much to be gained by reaching out to others; that diversity is indeed a strength and not a threat.

You can learn a lot when you're around people that are completely different than yourself.

You know, the more you can meet people from different walks of life, the better it is for you. I think the more you can create situations and experiences that give you new perspective, the better.

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

My parents raised me to not ever look at race or color, so it doesn't have a big part in my self-identity.

If you come from a place of love, and you're not saying, 'I'm better than you,' that's one thing that allows you to talk about different ethnicities. It's almost like laughing with each other.

Racism has a very quick expiration date when exposed to actual contact with people.

If it is not possible for me to go somewhere and to be willing to encounter people with different views, then I'm really not doing my job.

For so many people, television and movies may be the only way they understand people who aren't like them.

We have to accept the world has become this place where we have to interact with people who are very different from us.

What I do is I always try to educate myself about my neighbors, about the people I meet.

I make it my business to be around people that don't look like me or think like me or act like me. I want to learn from them.

I'm very curious. I feel more comfortable surrounded by people not like me.

We need to educate our audience. It's so important to have diversity. Let's not fear different voices.

I was really able to integrate into a diverse school and learn to get along with all different types of people.

I like meeting people from other walks of life and finding out about other worlds, and knowing that I'm fairly adept at one world and really stupid in many others.

My generation, we're so diverse in so many ways.

I think a lot about our globalized world, our global interconnectedness, and it really saddens me when I see people 'othering,' when I see people who are willing to live narrowly.

Diversity - both in ideas and people - has always been one of the country's greatest assets.