Roseanne Barr Quotes

I'm a bit of a freak for evidence-based analysis. I strongly believe in data.

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.

The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds.

I think when it comes to decisions, I try not to be emotional. To drown out the noise and look at the important facts.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

The intelligence community is intended to base its intelligence estimates on facts and analysis—not philosophy and conviction.

What I learned in school made me a better journalist and a better writer because forensic science is, as scientific disciplines must be, about critical thinking and objective analysis.

A more conscious life is one in which a man is conscious not only of what he sees, but of the prejudices with which he sees it.

Rationality is not just something you do so that you can make more money, it is a binding principle. Rationality is a really good idea. You must avoid the nonsense that is conventional in one's own time. It requires developing systems of thought that improve your batting average over time.

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.

I'm a 'just the facts, ma'am' kind of guy.

You can't fix a problem if you don't have the words to describe it. You can't even think about it clearly.

If you can get rid of the emotion and concentrate on the problem, you can solve the problem.

I'm not afraid to blame myself for any of my own faults or just to analyze things in a different way, but I don't overanalyze, either.

Without our emotions, we can't make smart decisions.

I'm influenced by many things. Simply turning on the television, I feel inundated with images and messages to be a certain way. So I try to limit my influences by being aware of what I allow into my environment. I'm always conscious of what's trying to creep into my subconscious.

No disrespect, but I don't make decisions based on opinions.

I'm always quite rational.

I tend to stay quite level. I make better decisions when I am level and I also take in good information when I am level, so it's important for me to stay in that head space.

I've always been able to put things in perspective.

It's not good to be lit all the time and have no clear-headed thoughts.

You cannot question an assumption you do not know you have made.

Intelligence is to provide the facts to us. The facts will usually take you to the truth. And then, when we get the truth, we have got to make the decisions and do what's best for this country.

Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?