Kamala Harris Quotes

I am not a person of opinions because I feel the counter arguments too strongly.

I really am opinionated, but not for long. I have found myself coming off of what I think of something because the guy I'm talking to makes better sense than I am. I have so many points of view, I can't keep track of 'em, because I talk to too many people... I'm not so opinionated that I won't budge.

This is what I tell my students: step outside of your tiny little world. Step inside of the tiny little world of somebody else. And then do it again and do it again and do it again. And suddenly, all these tiny little worlds, they come together in this complex web. And they build a big, complex world.

In debate, one randomly was assigned to one side or the other. This had at least one virtue - it made one see that there was more than one side to these complex issues.

I like disagreement because it forces both sides to question their own opinions and why they feel that way.

I think many times Christians don't really take the opportunity to hear what people are saying and seeing in the world around them.

Listen to other people tell their story, but don't believe them. You know that it's just a story that is only true for them, but listen because the communication can be wonderful.

It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.

Our opinions are less important than the spirit and temper with which they possess us, and even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in a broad, intelligent, and spacious way.

I find that quite enjoyable, trying to see the downsides of someone.

I find the world just too complex to embrace a single ideological point of view.

I believe it's worth observing terrible things people have done as clearly and rationally as we can to show that our monsters are not caricatures.

I have learned that if I only see and deeply appreciate one side of an argument, it means I am probably missing something important.

I think I've always had that orientation to try to understand the humanity behind people with whom I disagree.

When I spend a lot of time reading, discussing, or thinking about an area, I'll often really appreciate why a strong viewpoint is true and come to very firm conclusions. But if I am later exposed to a strong opposing view, I frequently find this countervailing view persuasive as well.

That's what I love doing - understanding another person's perspective that's really different from mine. To me, it's like an emotional puzzle, trying to figure out the humanity of a character who is very different from myself and why they think the way they do.

The arts are the most uniquely suited to provide young people with critical-thinking skills, problem-solving, teamwork and collaboration, empathy and tolerance and compassion, looking at the other point of views.

Once you're looking for wisdom, you have to look at why things happen and why people behave how they do: you cannot, in all conscience, accept any form of prejudice.

There's a difference in being opinionated and judgmental; I'm still trying to figure out what that fine line is - I think we are all.

It's important for people to, instead of automatically assuming everything the opposite side says is incorrect, you have to at least listen and see why someone might feel a certain way.

A love of reading shows empathy, the desire to understand how others live or act or might act - and why.

I always try to look at conflicts from as many different angles as is humanly possible, and in a lot of ways there is no one answer.

There are so many things admirable people do not understand.

Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don't think so. Don't condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.

I guess if you want to know one single thing I'm about, it's that I'm against easy answers.