501 Quotes About Bias

It was hard and sour, but, as Poushkin said, the illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths. I saw a happy man, one whose dearest dream had come true, who had attained his goal in life, who had got what he wanted, and was pleased with his destiny and with himself.

Do not require standards for others you do not yourself obey.

Sometimes it's hard to see everything going on in the garden when your nest is perched at the top of the tree.

I am a tourist of the emotions, visiting only the most well-worn spots. It is romantic, that is, a distortion, to imagine whole lives from the barest observation.

... Whenever the man of science introduces his personal value judgment, a full understanding of the facts ceases.

I pray for sufficient wisdom to understand that wisdom apart from God is the stuff of opinion tainted by the rot of bias. And if I am somehow apt to confuse such rubbish with wisdom, I will think myself wise but find myself living in a landfill.

Prejudice wears a variety of hats, none of them becoming.

It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiassed opinion; and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless.

The fate of warnings in political affairs is to be futile when the recipient wishes otherwise.