Amy Poehler Quotes

It may feel good to think you're right. But it's better to allow the possibility that you're wrong.

I just want to be more willing to listen to many people and be cautious about what I'm doing.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.

As an architect, you cannot be so arrogant as to say you are 100% sure about what you do.

The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.

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

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not too sure that it is right

If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.

I would say that I'm 98 percent skeptical, but the other 2 percent [is] open for the possibility of things.

Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.

I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

When you're out in the field and spending time in these different places around the world, humility is one of the most important assets that will serve you well.

You have so often been right that it is perfectly possible that I am wrong…

I wish at all events to retain at all times a judicial habit of not condemning a thing utterly until I have heard what is to be said for it.

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

… a world without certainty can be richer, in all senses of the word, than a world with false convictions.

A certain degree of intellectual humility is a good thing.