Joseph Story Quotes

Why is it that some people, you know, think we should obey the Constitution sometimes and not other times.

The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.

It is impossible for human beings not to view something subjectively.

It's really interesting to me how all of us can experience the exact same event, and yet come away with wildly disparate interpretations of what happened. We each have totally different ideas of what was said, what was intended, and what really took place.

The premise of my book is that everyone is a bit ideological to some extent. Everyone comes from a ideological perspective.

Perfect objectivity is always impossible, no matter who writes a person's biography.

The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing.

If I have a certain opinion, I try to incorporate that into my work.

I am not the most objective viewer of my own work. So I have different thoughts about my work.

But even the people who don't like my opinions must admit that I always have a reason behind what I say.

In my eyes, there will never be another Haloti Ngata, but that comes from a biased perspective from me.

Maybe I should declare a bias. I like Americans. Always have. Always will.

When absolutes are abandoned for principles, the U.S. Constitution becomes a blank slate for anyone’s graffiti.

[Progressives] think the Constitution is like Felix the Cat's magic bag: Look in there long enough and hard enough, and you can find anything.

Saying the Constitution is a living document is the same as saying we don't have a Constitution.

What we are able to judge with feeling is very little; the rest is all prejudice and complaisance.

It just supports my personal opinion that he's a wacko

There is no such thing as an objective interpretation.

The bereaved had never any doubt about their dear ones' wishes and those wishes usually squared with their own inclinations.

But men may construe things after their fashion, Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.

The Constitution is a living, breathing document that can speak to you and nobody else.

The fact is, we sometimes read Scripture, thinking of what it ought to say, rather than what it does say.

I never, for instance, have the urge to paint animals 'the way I see them,' but rather the way they are... The way they themselves look at the world and feel their being

But I think I’m coloured by my own wishes, & experimental mood.

Again and again one can listen: this is my opinion, I think this or that... As if it matters, what one or the other thinks! The point is much more to what the truth is!