Sebastian Junger Quotes

An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all.

It is necessary to look at the results of observation objectively, because you, the experimenter, might like one result better than another.

The validity of doctrine does not depend on whose ox it gores.

Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind.

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.

Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

It sounds funny, but I always try to keep an open mind about what I'm writing about. Sometimes I squeak my opinions in there, but generally I don't. I try to be objective about things that I'm writing about.

The complete truth is not the prerogative of the human judge.

Objectivity in the end is an unattainable ideal.

I'm not beholden to one party or any special interests.

Politics can cloud objectivity.

There is no human objectivity.

Objectivity means trying to give all sides a hearing. It does not, in my view, mean treating all sides as equal.

Objectivity and justice have nothing to do with one another.

I think journalists have the right to their opinions but I think their opinions should be based on history and what they see, not what they feel, how long they've been waiting or whether it's raining or it's snowing or whatever.

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

When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you.

I don't know if there's such a thing as objectivity.

I don't read reviews, because if you believe the good ones, you have to believe the bad.

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.

It is impossible to advance new theories... when you are under the influence of a particular view, or under the pressure of a particular dogma.

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

Facts do not speak.

Recognizing truth requires selflessness. You have to leave yourself out of it so you can find out the way things are in themselves, not the way they look to you or how you feel about them or how you would like them to be.