Objectivity Quotes

"It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune." "To me, it seems that the countries that are doing the best are those that are distancing themselves from ideology" "Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation." "The law is reason, free from passion" "The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step out of the frame" "The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work" "A writer should be as objective as a chemist." "Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes" "Independence is my happiness and I view things as they are without regard to place or person" "The idea is to try to give all of the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another" "Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable" "Reality is always neutral, it just is." "Science replaces private prejudice with publicly verifiable evidence" "Reality has a well-known liberal bias." "The biggest mistake most people make is to not see themselves and others objectively." "I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are and not as they ought to be" "Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either."