Wendy E. Long Quotes

You learn not to get attached to one side .... You take both sides.

People are so conditioned to take sides that a balanced analysis looks to them like hatred.

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

A liberal is a man who's too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.

Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.

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

A liberal is someone who is so open-minded that he won’t even take his own side in an argument.

You want to get both sides of the story and it's my role to try and bring that out of people.

Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge.

You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.

I'm not a partisan.

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

I don't think there's any reason in journalism not to approach stories we cover with humility, empathy, compassion, and intellectual openness. I mean, I think those are just important human traits. I don't think that precludes scrutiny, negativity, where it's appropriate.

Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.

I like to think that I'm nonjudgmental, that I can listen and be engaged by almost anything.

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

I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent.

Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.

If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side.

Gray means being open-minded. I always look at the world that way; I'm able to hear both sides of an argument. I don't listen to opera, but I don't think it's good or bad; it's just its own thing. I can completely appreciate it.