Ralphie May Quotes

Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.

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

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

Prejudices save time.

Prejudice is a form of untruthfulness, and untruthfulness is an insidious form of injustice.

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of violence.

The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear.

Prejudice is an opinion without judgement.

Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two.

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

A child from the age of 2 or 3 absorbs what is in the environment and what generates hatred for anyone perceived to be different.

Prejudice hasn't changed to this day, not in golf. Maybe in other sports.

Aversion toward the blind exists for the same reason that most prejudices exist: lack of knowledge. Ignorance is a powerful generator of fear. And fear slides easily into aggression and contempt.

I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.

I think any stereotyping is too much.

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.

I think in our society we too often choose the people we associate with based on our own hasty judgments.

The absolute basis of all prejudice is ignorance and generalization.