Oriana Fallaci Quotes

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

Objectivity does not exist - it cannot exist!.. The word is a hypocrisy which is sustained by the lie that the truth stays in the middle. No, sir: Sometimes truth stays on one side only.

People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

I don't believe there's two sides to every story. It's black and white. There's right and wrong.

I think, in politics, half the people are gonna like you, and half the people are not gonna like you, no matter what you do or what you say... It's like there are no right answers. If there were, everyone would choose the right answers. They're all opinions.

When you write for somebody else, you've got to write from their standpoint. You can't really write from your own point of view.

Politics can cloud objectivity.

There is no human objectivity.

Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, facts matter.

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert, but for every fact there is not necessarily an equal and opposite fact.

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

Woe to the man who tries to remain objective and to maintain a wide perspective: every one will label him as an enemy.

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.

Moral certainty can deafen people to any truth other than their own.

A belief may be larger than a fact.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

I realized I couldn't be a journalist because I like to take a side, to have an opinion and a point a view; I liked to step across the imaginary boundary of the objective view that the journalist is supposed to have and be involved.

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

I'm not being naive; I realise there's no such thing as a pure reading. But I'd rather keep myself as far out of it as I can.

It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions.

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