Objectiveness Quotes

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

I try not to make it personal, and I don't care about partisan politics one way or the other.

Reality is not optional.

The best defense against partisanship is expertise.

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

We all have mental models: the lens through which we see the world that drive our responses to everything we experience. Being aware of your mental models is key to being objective.

Truth has nothing to do with the conclusion, and everything to do with the methodology.

Is it possible to be totally partial?

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

… without animus or partiality.

The point I'm trying to make is, I'm really quite neutral. I have not been conditioned.

When I was growing up, all I wanted to do was fit in, but if you're perpetually an outsider, it gives you a perspective that might have a little more objectivity than people who really feel connected to their social environment in which they grow up.

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

It is very important when you judge to recognize that you have to stay impartial. That's what the nature of my job is. I have to unhook myself from my emotional responses and try to stay within my unemotional, objective persona.

I always try to stay objective, and to remove myself from the process and look at the film again.

Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.

Look at the facts as they truly are, not as you want them to be.

Time is the only critic without ambition.

When we can see things as they are, without projecting our mental models and fears, we are being objective. When we can understand and consider another person's point of view, we are being objective.

Facts are facts.

Believe things, rather than man.

I pride myself on having a journalistic remove.

I'm keeping an open mind as always, because that's what you have to do.

I am beyond critical of my own work. I always tell actors they have to watch themselves 4-7 times in a given scene before they can be remotely objective.

There's nothing wrong with giving yourself a pat on the back. If you can't do that, you can't be objective about your work. You can't be conceited or cocky either, but you can't be too modest either.