J. K. Rowling Quotes

What I will say to people is what you require are rules and not prejudices.

Clever people are never credited with their follies: what a deprivation of human rights!

You cannot have a theory without principles. Principles is another name for prejudices.

Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony.

Never judge a person if you don't know him.

I do not believe that the people of Ontario judge their leaders on the basis of race, sexual orientation, colour or religion. I don't believe they hold that prejudice in their hearts.

We must be ever on our guard, lest we erect our prejudices into legal principles.

Do not hear one and judge two.

You should never assume about someone.

There are certain people you're allowed to pick apart and certain people you're not.

People are quick to pigeonhole you.

We all judge people.

I've met people who've dismissed me, and then they find out that they like my work, and suddenly their attitude changes toward me. And I think that's very funny and very human. But it's also very unattractive.

Life without prejudice, were it ever to be tried, would soon reveal itself to be a life without principle.

I cannot articulate enough to express my dislike to people who think that understanding spoils your experience... How would they know?

Weed your better judgments of all opinion that grows rank in them.

I don't like principles. I prefer prejudices.

You're never going to get beyond other people's preconceptions of what you are and what you're about.

That's why people don't ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent. It could be just the other way around - half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all that grease, and from what I've heard, a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean - but people usually go by looks.

In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's, we do not accept them easily enough.

I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.

Even if we try to see people in our lives accurately, it is distorted by our own wants and prejudices and experiences.

We see people of kindness, compassion, and possibly even faith being told, "Because of a characteristic with which you were born, you are evil and bad." Anything that even implies such a stance is profoundly toxic.

Sometimes you have to forget your principles and do what’s right.

Stop labeling people just because they're not like you.