Top 240 Preconceived Quotes & Sayings

I go into meetings, and people have this preconceived notion of me that I didn't work hard to get where I am.

Adolescence has such a negative connotation and it shouldn't. It's experimentation, it's being unsure, no preconceived notions.

I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do.

We have incredible record labels in Australia, but sometimes they have a preconceived idea of how to do things.

If we can see past preconceived limitations, then the possibilities are endless.

A child sees everything, looks straight at it, examines it, without any preconceived idea; most people, after they are about eleven or twelve, quite lose this power, they see everything through a few preconceived ideas which hang like a veil between them and the outer world.

For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.

I have no preconceived notions of what SBA programs work or not.

There's a lot of preconceived ideas of what disability is, what a disabled person should be like, and I try to throw that in your face.

That preconceived notion of me being inaccurate is completely false, and I look forward to changing that over time.

If we remove all judgment and preconceived ideas of who a person is, the truth is, we are all blessed with the same emotions and desires.

I try to begin working with no preconceived ideas.

Young directors are a delight to work with. With no preconceived notions, they provide enough creative fodder for actors.

For me, serendipity, coincidence and chance are more interesting than any preconceived construct of our human encounters.

Economic and technical imperatives - not any preconceived directives - will keep propelling the process of energy transition.

I think when kids are younger, they don't have these preconceived notions of what a transsexual person is.

I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.

I had a lot of wrong preconceived notions about church-y folks, and I'm bad at judging the messenger, not the message.

Events can neither be regarded as a series of adventures nor strung on the thread of a preconceived moral. They must obey their own laws.

Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.

People want to put you in the box, and you just have to fight past their preconceived notions.

People have this preconceived notion of me. I'm 'Gob' to them: this thoughtless sociopath who lives this bizarre, ego-driven life. That would be insanity.

I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.

Every word is a preconceived judgment.

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

It is often said that experiments should be made without preconceived ideas. That is impossible. Not only would it make every experiment fruitless, but even if we wished to do so, it could not be done. Every man has his own conception of the world, and this he cannot so easily lay aside. We must, example, use language, and our language is necessarily steeped in preconceived ideas. Only they are unconscious preconceived ideas, which are a thousand times the most dangerous of all.

I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make.

I prefer my hesitations, my false paths, my stammering, to a preconceived idea.

When people talk about someone you have preconceived judgments.

I don't think you can help but personalize a role. You almost play to none of the preconceived notions of it. It's more or less a personal experience and journey.

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.

People in general have a preconceived idea of what prison is, from seeing documentaries or whatever.

Taoism taught me to focus on the process and not to be attached to preconceived ideas of what I thought the outcome should be.

I don't have any preconceived ideas of myself. I just take things as they come.

I have trouble working off things that are too preconceived, like storyboards.

It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions.

A child sees everything, looks straight at it, examines it, without any preconceived idea.

So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre.

I never had any preconceived ideas about acting, because I always thought I was going to be a visual artist.

I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.

To explore what it would mean to live fully, sensually alive and passionately on purpose, I have to drop my preconceived ideas of who and what I am.

I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.

When you can analyze situations and figure out what's best for you, based on you and not some preconceived notion of what society expects, then nothing is a threat.

It is impossible to devise an experiment without a preconceived idea; devising an experiment, we said, is putting a question; we never conceive a question without an idea which invites an answer. I consider it, therefore, an absolute principle that experiments must always be devised in view of a preconceived idea, no matter if the idea be not very clear nor very well defined.

We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.

Preconceived ideas can sometimes become barriers.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

A style is the consequence of recurrent habits, restraints, or rules invented or inherited, written or overheard, intuitive or preconceived.

I have increasingly steeled myself to criticism, but it still can sting, especially when you feel that it is unfair - or that they are judging my book by its cover or by preconceived notions.

Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be

A lot of preconceived notions that I had about fame and status and money and joy and pain, and all of these things that I thought I knew, I didn't.

Reality has always proved to be much more sophisticated and subtle than any preconceived philosophy.

In Method acting, you can't have preconceived ideas. You have to live in the moment. You have to keep yourself open.

When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious.

You have this preconceived notion of him [Sly Stallone] as a big, tough guy, but he speaks four languages and he likes to watercolor.

Someone with my name and my appearance comes with preconceived ideas attached. My mission is to erase as many preconceived ideas, barriers, and stereotypes as I can.

'Homeland' is great at challenging our preconceived ideas.

People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it's interesting. It's like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie.

I only judge people in one way. I like them or I don't. But I don't have preconceived ideas.

I want to be in a position where I get to start off fresh. I don't have any preconceived notion of how I should feel.