Quotes About Unbiased

My advice for telling someone else's story is to try not to consciously bend the story in any particular direction - to listen with an open mind, to include the good with the bad, to attempt to quell one's biases and allow the person you're writing about to emerge as wholly as possible, warts and all.

They hadn't discriminated against John because he was a man

Fair and balanced.

I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird.

He has always been politely indifferent. But what's the Chinese word that means indifferent because you can't see any differences?

I don't want a lot of guys like me who played the game. Quite frankly, I want blank canvases; I want people to come in with new ideas. I don't want the biases of their own experiences to be a part of their decision-making process.

I am not a rabid partisan.

I've never been a particular fan of any genre.

I am not choosy and would work in any film with a good script.

We like to be out in nature so much because it has no opinion about us.

I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.

He looked on people, and he neither liked nor disliked them. He looked on life and was neither heartened nor saddened.

America must be "neutral in fact as well as in name . . . impartial in thought as well as action.

Therefore, when the thought of compassion is impure, one should not sacrifice one's life, but it should be sacrificed when one's thought is unbiased. Thus, life must not be wasted.18

This conglomeration of decayed antiquity, collected with the disease of greed, surely invites our charity. It would be better to forget these trumpery ideas, and learn the best of traditions by observing your own functions, and regarding modernity in an unbiased way.10

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

Explain my preference! I never had a preference for her, any more than I have a preference for breathing.

I'm not tied to any particular political line.

I try to avoid political ties.

My standpoint is armed neutrality.

We go to known experts, trusted advisers, and knowledgeable friends to get unbiased and personally tailored recommendations. We thus avoid the work, discomfort, and information overload of making decisions that are difficult for us, but easy for them, given their knowledge and skill sets.

For me, it's always more interesting to look at things when you don't really have a horse in the race, so to speak.

I'm not particularly political. I'm not particularly denominational. I'm not worried about any of that.

Consider the kind of questions that kids ask. Sure, they may be silly or simplistic or out of bounds. But kids are also relentlessly curious and relatively unbiased. Because they know so little, they don't carry around the preconceptions that often stop people from seeing things as they are. When it comes to solving problems, this is a big advantage.