Quotes about Bias

Both the secular and the religious setting in which we live today is almost irresistibly biased toward an interpretation of these passages that condones a life more like that of decent people around us than like the life of Paul and his Lord. We talk about leading a different kind of life, but we also have ready explanations for not being really different. And with those explanations we have talked our way out of the very practices that alone would enable us to be citizens of another world.

People want much the same things, but they have been formed by history to have a particular perception of the other.

It's purely and simply the unfair media.They want the story to stay alive as long as possible.

When people get their mind made up about something, then it's: 'Don't bother me with facts.' They've got their minds made up and dismiss you out of hand. Some people don't even give you a fair hearing.

It is not a matter of whether one is biased or not. It is really a question of which bias is the best bias with which to be biased.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

Another weakness found in altogether too many people is the habit of measuring everything, and everyone, by their own impressions and beliefs.

One of the most malevolent characteristics of racist thought is that it never produces new knowledge.

There is no way to answer the systemic distortions of the press.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.