Robert Bilott Quotes

Seek truth from facts.

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

If you judge, investigate.

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

Perspective gives us the ability to accurately contrast the large with the small, and the important with the less important. Without it we are lost in a world where all ideas, news, and information look the same. We cannot differentiate, we cannot prioritize, and we cannot make good choices.

Namely, we have no right to believe a thing true because everybody says so unless there are good grounds for believing that some one person at least has the means of knowing what is true, and is speaking the truth so far as he knows it.

It's not the quantity of your decisions; it's the quality.

I always try and distinguish between facts and opinions.

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false.

Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence.

What is required of a working hypothesis is a fine capacity for discrimination.

I do not fear truth. I welcome it. But I wish all of my facts to be in their proper context.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

Good reporting should have the same standard as in a courtroom - beyond a reasonable doubt.

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.

It is much easier to make the speeches than to finally make the judgments.

The foolish reject what they see and not what they think; the wise reject what they think and not what they see.

We can all make better decisions when we're informed.

I don't make a decision till I see fit. That's why I'm so effective. My mind isn't predetermined.

It is clear that I am a person who believes fundamentally in facts, evidence, data, and science, which supports decision-making and allows us to function as a society based on knowledge.

You have to make your decision based on the content.

Common sense, proportionality, and judgment are the skills we must seek in those we choose to regulate our lives.