lack of open-mindedness Quotes

A narrow mind begets obstinacy; we do not easily believe what we cannot see.

Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded.... They shout you down and won't let you speak if you disagree with them.

Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.

I never listen to debates. They are dreadful things indeed. The plain truth is that I am not a fair man, and don't want to hear both sides. On all known subjects, ranging from aviation to xylophone-playing, I have fixed and invariable ideas. They have not changed since I was four or five.

Two girls called me closed minded. I tell them that they are so open-minded their brains leaked out.

But intolerant,narrow minds with no imagination are like parasites that transform the host,change form,and continue to thrive. They're a lost cause, and I don't want anyone like that coming in here.

Smallness of mind is the cause of stubbornness, and we do not credit readily what is beyond our view.

To me, anything that is a church is really just far too close minded.

Who cannot open an honest mind No friend will he be of mine.

One thing about being narrow-minded: you'll never be lonely.

Talk of the relationship between science and religion routinely reduces normally sensible people, as if by magic, to idiots. Or if not idiots, charlatans. The problem is that you are, in your bones, either for religion or against it and that’s the end of the matter. If you’re for the Pope, certain arguments, often ludicrous, get trotted out, predictably and automatically. And if you’re for Science, another set, often disingenuous, gets trotted out, just as predictably and just as automatically. This doesn’t mean the two sides are evenly matched. It just means the discussion suffers from an unusual amount of intellectual dishonesty.

I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.