Tennys Sandgren Quotes

I don't mind being wrong, and I don't mind changing my mind.

Since opinions do not find in me a ready soil to thrust and spread their roots into, no premise shocks me, no belief hurts me, no matter how opposite to my own they may be.

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

It is increasingly important to be open-minded.

He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

I'm really open to everything.

I don't like people who don't have opinions.

In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education.

If the facts change, I’ll change my opinion. What do you do, Sir?

However firmly thou holdest to thy opinions, if truth appears on the opposite side, throw down thy arms at once.

I am not so enamored of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them

We need the self-confidence to admit that at best we possess only a partial understanding of the truth, which can be enlarged by refining our views in light of new arguments, new circumstances and new insights. But this requires us to listen to others, to weigh their arguments with care, and maybe even to learn from them.

I try not to be an ideologue about anything. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, and I'm willing to evolve.

I don't trust anyone who doesn't change their mind.

We can have our beliefs and still read and discuss things.

When you build your network, keep yourself open to new ideas, concepts, and theories. Some of them may even contradict and challenge long-held points of view. This isn't beneficial only to someone in my profession, but to every line of work.

I think you always, with anything, need to have different viewpoints.

One cannot be dogmatic about the right solution.

Don't get married to the idea of something having to be one way.

One thing I've learned is that you have to be open-minded.

I know friends of mine who have never changed their mind about anything in their lives, despite evidence from all directions. And I think if you can keep an open mind and some understanding, that helps you stay young.

Any year that you don't destroy one of your best-loved ideas is probably a wasted year

Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.

No one ever died from an open mind.