John Dickerson Quotes

All this misjudgment that we have of each other is based on ignorance. The second you get to travel, you see that human beings, no matter where they come from, they are the same.

I believe we should all know each other, we human carriers of so many pleasurable differences. To not know is to doubt, to shrink from, sidestep or destroy.

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

An anthropologist will not excitedly report of a newly discovered tribe: 'They eat food! They breathe air! They use tools! They tell each other stories!' We humans forget how alike we are, living in a world that only reminds us of our differences.

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.

The bottom line is people are people, and the sooner we realise that, the better off things are going to be.

The world is not such a large place, and we have more in common with one another than we might think.

The closer you get to people who are different than you, the more you learn that we're all same.

The differences that separate human beings are nothing compared to the similarities that bond us together.

As I got older, I started realizing that though people differ in skin tone, religious beliefs, cultures, and food, one thing we all have in common is emotions, so I tapped into emotions.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

I'm glad that the lyrics reach people and make them understand that we're all the same, really.

The world only makes sense to me given my life and my background if, in fact, we're not just an assortment of tribes that can never understand each other, but that we're, rather, one common humanity that can meet and learn and love each other.

I think what travelling has done for me and for many generations of my family - my grandmother was a great example - it's really highlighted for me how similar we all are and how many values we all share as people on this planet.

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

Our stories are different; our pain is the same.

I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of non-Jews and a lot of non-Jewish material in front of Jews on the simple theory that the non-Jews are entitled to a glimpse of a Jewish world and the Jews are entitled to a glimpse of the world.

I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.

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.

We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations, we should do so with compassion.

Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.

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

I think one of the most beautiful things about YouTube is that it makes the world a smaller place. You realize that we're all different, but we're all the same. And if you think about it, it's a beautiful concept.