Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1266 |
| AUTHOR: | William James (1842–1910) |
| 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.”—Everybody’s Friend, or Josh Billing’s [sic] Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, p. 592 (1874). Spelling corrected. |
| SUBJECTS: | Opinions |