William Whitelaw Quotes

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.

There are still personalities that you bond with or a fighting spirit that you connect with, but as a host you have to stay impartial and root for all of them.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

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

The point I'm trying to make is, I'm really quite neutral. I have not been conditioned.

Objectivity in the end is an unattainable ideal.

I want to stress the importance of being fair to our readers. You should not impose your own view and prejudice on the readers and try to lead them to a conclusion. As a reader, I understand what a fair report is.

On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any way.

Professionally and personally, I try to be as agnostic as possible, try to see things as objectively as possible.

To increase our objectivity, we must learn to switch off the mini-movies. Objectivity requires us to be mindful, present in the moment, and experiencing what is happening without judgment.

I am the kind of person that takes everything as is and then look at it from the outside looking in.

This is 'Southland,' so we don't editorialize.

There's nothing better than a good, blind referee.

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

I have no social agenda with my work. I'm deadpan about it.

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 do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.

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

I write with as much objectivity as I can.

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

It is very important when you judge to recognize that you have to stay impartial. That's what the nature of my job is. I have to unhook myself from my emotional responses and try to stay within my unemotional, objective persona.

There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start.

I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal; fairness, however, is not.

Have a mind that's open to everything, get attached to nothing.

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