prejudices - quotes

William James, 1842-1910

was an US Pragmatist philosopher and psychologist

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.

Albert Einstein, 1879-1955

was an US (German-born) physicist

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most People are even incapable of forming such opinions.

Oscar (Fingall O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde, 1854-1900

was an Irish dramatist, novelist, and poet

I don't like principles. I prefer prejudices.