Kevin O'Leary Quotes

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.

We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think.

You could say that any book that takes a position is not fair, unless you keep saying, 'On the one hand, on the other...' and take a great deal of trouble to present both sides. That kind of journalism tends not to be very interesting.

A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.

It's very important when you are young you don't take sides; you look at everything fresh and see, what is the best thing we can do? For ourselves, for the society in which we live, the country in which we live, the world in which we live, what's the best thing we can do?

I'm a big believer in,'If anyone can understand my politics, I've failed.' If you can get a sense of which side of the fence I'm on, then I'm not doing a service. I'm preaching, and that's not my job.

The beauty of cricket is that there are so many different opinions as to the best way to do something and at times it is easier to see something when you're not emotionally involved in the game and not responsible for the decision. You can go and have a cup of tea and look at it from a different point of view.

As a pundit, it's important to tell the viewer something they might not know, be unbiased and not sit on the fence.

You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it

Don’t take the wrong side of the argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Thinking isn’t agreeing or disagreeing. That’s voting.

I have come to learn that preliminary judgments are not judgments.

If a book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides if we choose.

To be objective you don't have to be an adversary. You don't have to be a bulldog tearing down everything. To make the system of checks and balances and separation of powers work, you don't have to be on their ass all the time.

It is not the least service which a college or university may render to those under its instruction, to habituate them to looking not only patiently but methodically on both sides, before adopting any conclusion upon controverted issues.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

Anybody can have any opinion they want to, as long as it's an informed opinion.

Leaders don't change their positions mid-debate. They welcome scorn from the masses because it creates the opportunity for dialogue.

I don't want to do a rabidly left-wing show. I think it's much more interesting to turn the knife on yourself.

I often go into the lions' den and engage with those I know oppose my views, because I want to understand what other people think.

We need to take a step back and realize that not everything we encounter is true. You don't want to be gullibly accepting everything as true, but you don't want to be cynically rejecting everything as false. You want to take your time to evaluate the information.

The greatest compliment is I am accused of being a Dem leftie and a Republican righty. I am a pragmatist. I call it as I see it.

I have the comedic chops and intelligence to raise points and discuss both sides of whatever is on our mind as a society.