Gerrit Cole Quotes

It's impossible to go through life not offending people. All you have to do is basically have an opinion on anything, and you're gonna offend people.

I don't ever give my opinion. Opinions I have about anything are in my personal life.

I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they're saying.

If other managers are going to say things I can't legislate for that, that's their opinions.

We live in a society where you may not like everything that is happening around you. However, just because you don't like it doesn't mean it is wrong. Similarly, just because you dislike something, you don't have to keep talking about it or instigating people against it.

I think that other girls and boys my age will maybe see that I'm so accepting and be accepting of other people, too.

In the past, I used to argue with those who didn't share my views. I felt this incredible need to 'make my point.' Now I live my life and do my best to be an example of what seems right to me.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

Missionaries must not ridicule the pagan idols, nor their manner of worship; but calmly reason with them always showing the utmost benevolence; that they ought not to expose the innocent customs of the country, but as far as possible become all things to all men.

All the lessons of psychiatry, psychology, social work, indeed culture, have taught us over the last hundred years that it is the acceptance of differences, not the search for similarities which enables people to relate to each other in their personal or family lives.

Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.

My father wouldn't care if I were a communist as long as I win.

One can wink at certain things, but one cannot authorize them

When someone is giving you his opinion, you should receive it with deep gratitude even though it is worthless. If you don't, he will not tell you the things that he has seen and heard about you again. It is best to both give and receive opinions in a friendly way.

My friends, in this country we are entitled to many viewpoints. You are entitled to yours, but right now, I am entitled to mine.

I'm not here to judge. We don't know what Trump can do.

We have no blasphemy laws these days but with that freedom comes the responsibility which should always attend the exercise of free speech: truth, courtesy and an awareness of impact. It is the last of these which is so neglected by so much modern comedy.

I do ask myself why I make people so enraged, because I only ever say what I think. And while I know it might not be everyone's point of view, that doesn't seem particularly intolerable to me.

In order to practice dialogue, you need to be able to set aside your assumptions and try to listen more than you want to talk. It's not always politically correct to be able to do that, but it can give you a better sense of the reality.

I never want to make people upset, but sometimes we may. When I interview people, I try to make it clear that our obligation is to what we uncover and to telling that story and to presenting it fairly and making sure everyone has a say.

Nobody will ever agree with everything everyone says, especially once an issue or speaker becomes politically charged. But as tolerant and civilized Americans, we should at least have the decency to hear them out.

Personally and politically, I'm extremely conservative for who I am, but I'm also very careful in my tone.

I think it is important for me to speak out on social issues. Sometimes people will agree with me. Sometimes people will disagree with me. I don't take that personally.

I don't want to get into it, but if you know someone, it doesn't mean you agree with everything they say or they do.

I can't approach a character with judgment.