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  • You mustn’t be so open-minded that your brains fall out.

    Susan Cheever (2014). “E. E. Cummings: A Life”, p.11, Vintage
  • People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.

    Attributed to Charles Kettering in Ben Reed "Future Technology in Law Enforcement" (p. 15), 2009.
  • The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

    Terry Pratchett (2010). “Diggers: The Second Book of the Nomes”, p.34, Random House
  • The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

  • Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.

  • Keep an open mind---but not so open your brain falls out.

    Fall   Brain   Mind  
  • Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out.

  • You don't want to be so open minded that your brains fall out!

    Fall   Brain   Want  
  • Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.

  • By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.

    Funny   Trust   Laughter  
    "The Richard Dimbleby Lecture: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder". Lecture, BBC1 Television, November 12, 1996.
  • Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.

  • Its about continuing to learn and being open-minded, don't ever think you know it all.

  • Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.

  • I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

    Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1953). “Have We the Courage to be Free?”
  • I want someone who is open-minded, dedicated to whatever she is doing and isn't afraid to say I love you. As for looks, she shouldn't have three heads. I want a regular human being.

  • My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger.

    Mom   Long   Choices  
    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.

    Quoted in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949). Usually attributed to Dewar, but it should be noted that the line "mind like parachute - only function when open!" appears in the 1936 film Charlie Chan at the Circus (screenplay by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan).
  • I think we have an obligation to put on a fun show and put on a concert that's memorable, that's energetic and that spreads joy and open-mindedness. If being open-minded and joyful is against your political beliefs, then you know, f**k you.

    Source: www.rollingstone.com
  • I think romance is a tool, comedy is a tool and drama is a tool. I really just want to tell stories that challenge the viewer, move people, make you laugh, perhaps push an idea about being open-minded but never settle on a genre or an opinion. I hate genre. I like movies that are original in their approach.

    Hate   Drama   Moving  
    Interview with Radheyan Simonpillai, www.askmen.com.
  • Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

    "Everybody's political what's what?" by George Bernard Shaw, Chapter XXXVII, (p. 330), 1944.
  • All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

    Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.4, Publishdrive
  • An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

  • If the individual is to be happy in the contemporary order, he must be open-minded with respect to new values and new arrangements.

  • Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything.

  • New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

    An Essay Concerning Human Understanding "Dedicatory Epistle" (1690)
  • Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

    "Martha Stewart: I Asked Her Nothing; She Tells Me Everything". Interview with Lauren Cahn, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 1, 2014.
  • African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. I have received some of that same vitriol simply because I am running for the Republican nomination as a conservative. So it's just brainwashing and people not being open-minded, pure and simple.

    Running   Simple   Views  
    "Herman Cain denies GOP's horrible history with blacks" by Roland Martin, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2011.
  • It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.

    Writing   Mean   Pride  
  • I think being open-minded about what Nature is trying to tell you is the key to being creative and successful.

    Q&A, www.pbs.org. January 16, 2007.
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