Quotes about Bias

The destructive power of pride is that it countenances nothing higher than itself. Because of an inherent fault in our nature, man's bias is on the side of error. In our willful desire to live independently of God, we have severed the lifeline that flows from the source of all life.

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

We have all heard what we wanted to hear! Truth that sounds right to our ears!

The only barrier to apprehending the truth is our own unwillingness to see the world as it is instead of how we prefer it to be.

Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that's partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.

I spent most of my career in business not saying the word 'woman.' Because if you say the word 'woman' in a business context, and often in a political context, the person on the other side of the table thinks you're about to sue them or ask for special treatment, right?

It is a well known fact that reality has liberal bias.

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.

Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left.

No one has a transparent view of the world. In fact, we all carry around a personal worldview—the biases and experiences and expectations that color the way we perceive the world.

You cannot have qualifications without experience; and you cannot have experience without personal interest and bias. That may not be an ideal arrangement; but it is the way the world is built and we must make the best of it.

The bias of human nature to be slow in correspondence triumphs even over the present quickening in the general pace of things: