Travis Bradberry Quotes

A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.

I want people to think through issues. I'm just tired of blind alignment.

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.

It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

I have an old-fashioned belief that Americans like to make up their own minds on the basis of all available information.

An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all.

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.

What I am is something unbearable for the world of journalism and the world of cliches. I'm a realist.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

For a crowd to be smart, the people in it need to be not only diverse in their perspectives but also, relatively speaking, independent of each other. In other words, you need people to be thinking for themselves, rather than following the lead of those around them.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even if the teller is a god.

For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don't care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is.

The curiosity of the human mind is essential if you want citizens who think rather than accept the first nonsense they come to.

Only science and the spirit of seeking truth from facts can save China. I firmly believe in this.

Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally thought about and experienced, and not merely to express with slightly different variations the opinion which has been inculcated in him.

We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think.

It's always a good idea to let the audience make up their own minds.

I don't have role models or watch much TV. I go to awards ceremonies but often I don't even know who the people are. I think that's good, because then you don't have preconceived ideas about them.

If you want to be told what to think, well, I'm not in that business.

You don't want a whole bunch of yes people around you.