Bias Quotations

Science means constantly walking a tightrope between blind faith and curiosity; between expertise and creativity; between bias and openness; between experience and epiphany; between ambition and passion; and between arrogance and conviction - in short, between an old today and a new tomorrow.

I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right.

If you're trying to cut down the distance travelled from the farm to your plate, it makes sense to do the same for your pet. If we all shifted our bias towards sustainable pet food, we would be helping more than just our faithful friends.

Being deeply knowledgeable on one subject narrows one's focus and increases confidence, but it also blurs dissenting views until they are no longer visible, thereby transforming data collection into bias confirmation and morphing self-deception into self-assurance.

The stance I took was there is no room for racial bias anywhere in sports. I believe that was basically all I said about it. Certainly I was cast as an abolitionist. Death threats came. Hate mail came.

We journalists are a bit like vultures, feasting on war, scandal and disaster. Turn on the news, and you see Syrian refugees, Volkswagen corruption, dysfunctional government. Yet that reflects a selection bias in how we report the news: We cover planes that crash, not planes that take off.

There's still a great deal of bias about homosexuality.

For Mitt Romney, the complex question of anti-Mormon bias boils down to the practical matter of how he can make it go away. Facing a traditional American anti-Catholicism, John F. Kennedy gave a speech during the 1960 presidential campaign declaring his private religion irrelevant to his qualifications for public office.

When it comes to meritocracy and diversity, the symbolic is real. And that means that simple actions that reduce bias, such as blind resume or application screening, are a double win: they reduce implicit bias and they help communicate our commitment to meritocracy.

I do find that the mainstream media oftentimes is what I would consider off base or has a bias.

When the culture of police departments is sometimes infused with bias or preconceived ideas against certain groups, there needs to be reform and retraining throughout. And unfortunately, we cannot rely on local departments to police themselves; we need intervention from the top.

I think that business book reporting, it's all Jim Collins, it's the story of victory; it's success bias over and over again.

I need to be very careful about going on certain networks that seem to have a bias.

The people who have a bias in favor of the argument that humans are making the globe warmer will push any data that suggests humans are making hurricanes worse, but it just isn't so. These are natural cycles.

We strongly urge Senators from both the Democratic and Republican Party to pass AB 1207 and then for Governor Schwarzenegger to sign it into law. Voters have the right to know whether candidates are willing to agree to refrain from using bias and prejudice as part of their election strategy or whether they intend to resort to the worst kind of election tactics. This legislation will ensure that voters know whether a particular candidate's moral values include running a morally ethical campaign.

There is no question that Washington is meeting Angela Merkel with a positive bias following the conflicts with former Chancellor Schroeder.

We believe we are in the second half of a semiconductor-cycle decline. The bias should be toward building positions while being price sensitive. We believe downside risk to equipment stocks is less than potential 12-18 month rewards.

We're still a market that's correcting, that's going to be awfully selective and there's still a bias to the downside.

That's awesome. There's no bias in the media.

If you don't allow for self-serving bias in the conduct of others, you are, again, a fool.

Women will win in a situation where there is no vote-in. Women are women?s worst enemies. This should somewhat negate both the regional slant and the bias against women.

Women should never be denied legal medications by pharmacists who decide to impose their own personal bias on others. Until Target improves its policy, it will continue to receive a thumbs down from Planned Parenthood.

There is a seasonality bias to the upside.

The fact that I have previously documented and expounded on the basic issues presented in the Harvard paper does not invalidate its easily documented truth. It validates me and my work and the incredible bias of the media that has worked so hard to discredit me.

Len Bias is a tragedy, because he's not around anymore, ... I'm a success.

Medical affairs groups that have been removed from the grips of commercial bias must look elsewhere for funding. Medical affairs groups are oftentimes receiving their own dedicated budgets.

My government has decided to give a rural bias to the economic policies,

People were concerned that the market will start pricing in the argument that the central bank will raise interest rates to a neutral level since deflation in Japan has ended. Yields will have a bias to rise.

On November 15, I think they take the bias off,

But even on the technology side, it is an extremely oversold area. So the bias should be to the upside.

I have a built-in bias against reporters who have axes to grind. I think there are reporters that allow their own bias to encroach on their journalism, and that's a crime against journalism.

I feel very sad when it happens and hopefully the day will come when it is more objective and balanced. I invite listeners to let us know if they hear any kind of bias whether it is to the right or the left. We need to shine the light on that.

If anything, this confirms the Fed's bias towards inflation rather than worrying about a slow down in growth. The Fed seems to have no worries about growth, as least as far as manufacturing is measured by ISM.

I expect they will stay the line, although the possibility of going from a neutral to a tightening bias has increased.

If we see a Fed that looks or smells like in any way that they'll take their foot off the pedal, you'll see a market that's really going to take off. If that doesn't happen, you'll definitely see a bit of a pullback here, though I think there's enough upside bias to keep it realistic.

He has been a financial institution. No one can replace him. He brought financial journalism to a new level with his trademarks of honesty, humor and fairness. He always looked at both sides of the issues. His only bias was toward optimism.

He implicitly admitted that they have a bias for a tighter policy. They believe that rates are very low and need to be higher.

There is a strong social bias against such findings because many people want to believe obesity is due to an individual's lack of control on some personal, mental level, but we now think viruses may be a factor.

There is evidence of racial bias in the hiring cycle.

Having a survey without bias is clearly the goal here. Surveys are tricky. You can load a question and I'd like to really avoid that. We'll make the questions as neutral as possible.

Here, unfortunately, the memo itself creates the perception of bias and it will be crucial for this nominee to address the issue head on,

We maintain a bullish view, however predicated on indications that the fourth quarter is tracking inline/slightly ahead of expectations, an upward bias to fiscal 2006 earnings estimates, the fact that investors are beginning to look at and discount fiscal 2007 estimates, which make valuation multiples more palatable, and further consolidation into the New Year.

Greenspan's testimony to Congress is always an event and probably more so this time than usual. We are looking at the Fed with a bias to tightening and we have to get some warning of whether he is going to act on that or not. So what I am looking for is a clear signal.

I suspect unconscious bias has been far more of a factor for President Obama than overt racism and will also be a challenge for Hillary Rodham Clinton if she runs for president again.

I suspect that with the underlying database publicly available, it is just a matter of time before the ex-post results of analysts recommendations are compiled and published on a regular basis, ... I venture to say that with such transparency, the current upward bias of analysts' earnings projections would diminish rather rapidly.

I suspect that economic data will put a downward bias on yields.

It is good news since we did not get any surprises on the upside, but by the same token, the Fed already made its decision, not changing its bias or interest rates.

I thought there was a bias on the panel.

I think we could re-write the book a little bit. The other sort of traditional way of looking at the market is that you get a summer rally. And I suspect that we will get a positive bias to this market at some point in time over the next couple of months. However, I do think that you're probably in that quieter period for news and developments in the technology sector.

I think what's happening is exactly what the Federal Reserve Board wanted to happen. They wanted to change their bias from neutral to tightening to slow down the markets - and that is what's happening today.

I think as the year goes on there is going to be more conviction about an economic recovery. I think the market's sort of sideways with an upside bias at least for the next couple of months. I think we'll have a nice fourth quarter.

I went into 17 and it was one of those deals where the rear end starts leading the front around. What you do. After that I adjusted the brake bias and it was fine and I could settle down and make up positions.

I think they appreciate that; our modern mining industry sometimes faces a lot of anti-mining bias based on things that were done in the past.

Our initial bias was to hire a defensive coach.

Overall, trade deficits tend to widen with hurricanes, due to the Southeast region's bias towards exports to Latin America over imports.

Our bias towards low-yielding currencies has taken a major hit over the past week, although we do not see a strong case for exiting the view.

People have been looking for reasons to buy. There's so much money around and that places the bias in the market on the upside.

My overall fossil-hunting bias is heavily weighted to natural caves and fissures and overhangs. I know from personal experience how these environments serve as both original home for organisms and as great places to preserve the evidence.

My own hunch, given the president's own commitment to diversity on the federal bench, is that he is going to have a strong bias in favor of selecting a qualified woman or minority for this second seat.

My personal bias is to let districts and schools and teachers make the adjustments and not to try to look at a system-wide adjustment,

I think often there is great rivalry between neurosurgeons and cardiac surgeons. I think I maybe have a bit of bias with neurosurgeons' opinion that nothing tops neurosurgery! But that makes for a quite interesting conflict between the two.

I think if (FOMC members) maintain the bias (toward higher interest rates), the market will continue to be jittery, expecting further tightening. Of course, the wording of the announcement will also be important.

I still think that the concern is interest rates and high valuations of specifically technology. And you will get these relief rallies but the market probably still has a bias to the down side.

The accusation that there was bias in CBS News' reporting of election night results is completely without foundation.

The activity and action in the market is very positive and I think the bias of this market is up.

The amount of supply will put some upward bias on yields and keep bonds in a negative momentum. The market is comfortable with expectations for two more rate hikes, so supply can be a concern going forward.

The AT&T thing gets some money flowing around into the mergers-and- acquisitions end of the business, which is adding some froth. The underlying bias is on the upside until bad news comes out, and I don't think the bad news is over.

That was awesome; really awesome. They can talk about speed bias all they want, this was no speed bias win. Makes me want to lose 20 pounds.

My bias is you're most likely to believe that (God is the creator), because at Bethel we hold that as central to who we are. We start with the existence of God and that's irrefutable.

We continue to see bias to the buying side, but it's less drastic than yesterday. We're in a wait-and-see mode with earnings, and we're seeing a little profit taking today. ... The jury is still out on how the rest of the earnings will be.

We feel confirmed in our view that we have found the right tone in the markets over the last few months, ... Our tightening bias has slightly strengthened since July.

When it comes to search, we're like Switzerland. We can't show bias in search.

We have some things to point to that we think are successful. ... That being said, we still believe that there's a double standard. We still believe it's an uphill battle, it's not a level playing field, and there is evidence of racial bias in the hiring cycle.

We have a lot of systemic, built-in bias and prejudice ? not just against race, but against those others who are different than the majority of us in this country.

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To know the true reality of yourself, you must be aware not only of your conscious thoughts, but also of your unconscious prejudices, bias and habits.

The problem is, because we'll get this positive bias to the earnings, there's going to be a certain euphoria that maybe earnings aren't as bad as we thought,

The presence of weapons would put minorities specifically in danger. I believe that they already have a bias against us black people and our gatherings.

Those of us in law enforcement must redouble our efforts to resist bias and prejudice. We must better understand the people we serve and protect - by trying to know, deep in our gut, what it feels like to be a law-abiding young black man walking on the street and encountering law enforcement. We must understand how that young man may see us.

When you see buying in that (technology) sector in a bear market, it implies that there are investors out there who see improvement around the corner, and it's usually technology and cyclical stocks that lead the market out of a downtrend. The bias towards Friday's data may be that the data will be consistent with the view that the economy is showing some expansion.

We are convinced that it's come to this because the South Florida Management District and for that matter the Corps have shown a consistent bias and unfairness for decades.

Traders are coming in every morning with a bias to sell dollars. The market expects that irrespective of the data, the Fed is going to pause after its next meeting.

We do bias this whole thing toward kids at Christmastime.

The fact that this agency so quickly and willingly gave in to the demands of an extremist group who uses fringe religious bias and junk science to advance their hurtful agenda is outrageous. We deserve answers, and our GLBT families deserve the same resources as everyone else.

Hindsight bias makes surprises vanish.

We're just chopping around. There's not a whole lot to get excited about. It's quiet as a mouse. There's absolutely no bias at all.

There also tends to be a broader July 4th rally, and then after that, a lot of lower volume and a flat-to-lower bias through the rest of the season.

There have been studies that show that African-Americans are under a lot of stress in this country because of racial discrimination. So, we're appalled that grown-ups would use their own racial bias to target a child.

There is a built-in bias in Olympia to spend money. I think there needs to be a brake on how much, how fast, so that you don't break the bank. I think it's good policy.

There is a bias toward favoring developers. This time, we won.

We think they'll sit on their hands and keep policy where it is, but keep in place the easing bias which says that, if the economy does sink again, they will ease more.

We think the Fed is trying to manage market expectations on the pace of economic recovery and on when the Fed is likely to shift its (monetary policy) bias to neutral.

We are skeptical on the quick rise in yields as nothing has fundamentally changed in the past few weeks. The bias is for yields to go downward.

With a lot of the red-state government officials you have a near-total abolition of the preexisting strong bias toward Northeast schools.

Yields will have a bias to rise as concern about an inflation bulge is reignited. A rate increase in March is almost a done deal and there's a chance for another move in May.

Yields on Treasuries, especially shorter-maturity debt, will have a bias to rise in the next one or two months.

Yields on bonds, especially five-year and shorter debt, will have a bias to rise. Fukui didn't necessarily deny a possible policy shift and I still see an almost 100 percent chance for an April move.

This really looks like the calm before the storm. The bias is still somewhat positive, you can see that with the Dow, but there's a lot of data to get through in the next few days.

There are judges at all levels who may face a situation where there is a potential conflict of interest, either a situation where an attorney presenting a case before them has given a large sum of money or where the judge, as a candidate, has made statements implying favor or bias for one side of a case over the other. Many judges will remove themselves from a case if a conflict is apparent, but there are no official standards. A conflict that one judge might step aside for, another judge might not see as a problem. Rather than a standard set of guidelines for everyone to use it really is, forgive the pun, a judgment call.

When you look at valuation problems at U.S. stocks and the stronger euro and worry about European companies, there is a good investor bias to continue to add to Asia exposure.