Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER: | 1266 |
AUTHOR: | William James (18421910) |
QUOTATION: | A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to A similar thought was expressed by Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw): Education is a good thing generally, but most folks educate their prejudices.Everybodys Friend, or Josh Billings [sic] Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, p. 592 (1874). Spelling corrected. |
SUBJECTS: | Opinions |