Biased Decision Quotes

People in charge of intelligence are political as well.

I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise.

Wooden-headedness, the source of self-deception, is a factor that plays a remarkably large role in government. It consists in assessing a situation in terms of preconceived fixed notions while ignoring or rejecting any contrary signs. It is acting according to wish while not allowing oneself to be deflected by the facts.

It's difficult to compete against a player that's also refereeing the game.

When I was in the GB Women's football team at the 2012 Olympics, it was obvious who was in the first XI and who was making up the numbers. Kelly Smith was going to be first-choice striker no matter what, and the other forwards in the squad mentally checked out as a result.

Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.

Sports executives are great at convincing themselves whatever they believe is right and simply has to be.

Ares gives his verdict without witnesses.

The term congressional hearing is an oxymoron. No congressional hearing is ever called to gather information. Rather, it is an exercise designed strictly for posturing, by people who have already made up their minds, looking for ammunition to support their positions.

I think in our society we too often choose the people we associate with based on our own hasty judgments.

Because I am foreign I was assigned to the foreign desk. I kid you not, its true.

Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.

vested interest

After all, a district judge who gives harsh sentences to Yankees fans and lenient sentences to Red Sox fans would not be acting reasonably even if her procedural rulings were impeccable.