“There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.” MenMayTurnsWiseFoolAdvantagePrejudiceAccidentsFortunateUnfortunate Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Don't liken me to that [SOB]. Anybody that lets his public policies be mixed up with religious prejudice is a plain [GD] fool.” LongReligiousPolicyFoolPrejudicePublic PolicyReligious Prejudice Author:Huey Long
“When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion.” MindMayReasonFactsOpinionAtheismFoolProtectArgumentPrejudiceConvictionKingdomsProvidenceAdversariesMerryDominionBlithe Author:Phyllis McGinley
“Prejudices are what fools use for reason.” ReasonUseFunnyFoolPrejudiceNonviolent CommunicationUse It Or Lose ItIgnorance And Prejudice Author:Voltaire
“Once she made him watch Pride and Prejudice and for ages he would re-word Mr Bingley's apology to Jane Bennet, saying, 'I've been an inexplicable fool', for anything from losing his keys to burping out loud. Her reply to anything she wanted to do was Jane Bennet's response to Bingley's marriage proposal, 'A thousand times yes.” MadeAgeWantedWatchesPrideKeysFoolThousandLosingPrejudiceResponseLoudApologyJaneProposalInexplicableMarriage ProposalBurping Author:Melina Marchetta
“O prejudice, prejudice, prejudice, how many hast thou destroyed! Men who might have been wise have remained fools because they thought they were wise. Many judge what the gospel ought to be, but do not actually enquire as to what it is. They do not come to the Bible to obtain their views of religion, but they open that Book to find texts to suit the opinions which they bring to it. They are not open to the honest force of truth, and therefore are not saved by it.” MenHas BeensBookMightForceViewsOpinionWiseHonestJudgingFoolOughtPrejudiceSavedDestroyedSuitsMight Have Been Author:Charles Spurgeon
“A minority group has 'arrived' only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.” PoliticalPoliticsGroupsProduceFoolPrejudiceMinoritiesScoundrelsMinority Groups Author:Carl T. Rowan
“It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but we necessarily have, at the same time, the inconvenience of their collected passions, prejudices and private interests: for regulating commerce an assembly of great men is the greatest fool on earth” MenWorldWisdomEarthPassionInterestWonderfulFoolBenefitsPrejudiceAffairGreat MenCommerceParliamentCouncilAssemblyInconvenience Author:Benjamin Franklin
“When dealing with people, let us remember that we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity. ...Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” PeopleSelfCharacterRememberUnderstandingEmotionPrideFoolCreaturesLogicPrejudiceForgivingComplainingVanityCriticizeMotivatedSelf ControlInfluencing PeopleDealing With PeopleWin Friends And Influence People Book:How to win friends & influence people Source: How to win friends & influence people