Jim Root Quotes

Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

It is necessary to judge accurately the things that rest on opinion

Values are faithfully applied to the facts before us, while ideology overrides whatever facts call theory into question.

When we make decisions based on factors other than the available empirical evidence, we are less than objective, which means we are no longer acting as scientists.

A man's clarity of judgment is never very good when you're involved, and as you grow older, and as you grow more involved, your clarity of judgement suffers.

When people write about someone else, you have to take it with a pinch of salt.

You won't get a rational assessment of a political party from a member, and you won't get a reasoned account of the joys of being 'linked' from somebody who's already 'in.'

But I guess the first time I made career money was signing a publishing deal when I was still at uni. That was when I waited to tell my mum that I was dropping out, which was half-way through my first year.

I like literature, not opinions. I hate opinions.

No one is ever bias-free, but some people let their biases influence their actions more than others.

The scientific method is about trying to remove our own bias and subjectivity, and be as objective as possible. But then you can put it back into context and you're allowed to be emotional and human about the way you engage with it.

You're entitled your own opinions, but you're not entitled to your own facts.

Politics can cloud objectivity.

When you're getting your facts from people, consider the way that they are being given to you.

As a scientist, the starting point is always the facts of the matter, whereas often, in politics, the starting point is how does this play in the next election.

Guru always titled the Gang Starr albums. But once it came to 'Hard to Earn,' he wanted me to title it.

Two sides to a story exist when evidence exists on both sides of a position. Then, reasonable people may disagree about how to weigh that evidence and what conclusion to form from it. Everyone, of course, is entitled to their own opinion.

I always try and distinguish between facts and opinions.

What you think you see and what you think a guy did wrong, maybe he did right. Or you see a touchdown pass, but the guy might've been wrong. Something crazy might have happened. You don't know that. That's the toughest thing when it comes to judging play on a football field.

I have been saying this from the beginning: people are going to say whatever they want to say or believe whatever they want to believe. I say this to people: stick to the facts.

In life, you have to weigh everything up, even when they are just decisions about your career.

Statistics are easy to remove ourselves from. A story, you are implicated in, and you have to choose what side you are going to be on.

Analysis is more likely to adjust evidence than to adjust itself.

You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.