Joel Siegel Quotes

It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship.

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.

I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.

I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias.

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

I'm very partisan, but I'm also very fair.

I do not intend to prejudge the past.

If you’re going to give objective advice, you’ve got to take the self interest out of the equation.

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

Objectivity in the end is an unattainable ideal.

I'm a liberal, but I'm not biased. Seriously.

I don't hate Guardiola. These kind of feelings don't suit with professional matters.

By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them.

You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.

I think I've earned a reputation of being fair and that I'll hear all sides from the entire political spectrum.

In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision without being involved in any politics. Because it shouldn't involve that.

I don't prejudge issues. I come to every case with an open mind. Every case is new to me.

When we can see things as they are, without projecting our mental models and fears, we are being objective. When we can understand and consider another person's point of view, we are being objective.

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle.

Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer.

Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.