Joko Beck Quotes

It is necessary to judge accurately the things that rest on opinion

There are no facts, only interpretations.

I don't think you can judge something without seeing it.

I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.

Complete objectivity is not an option. We are all subjective about the way we respond to 'what is,' whether it's the people we encounter, the circumstances in our lives, or ourselves. What we can do is reduce our subjectivity - what I call 'I see, therefore it is.'

People are going to assume whatever they want to assume.

When you're getting your facts from people, consider the way that they are being given to you.

Two sides to a story exist when evidence exists on both sides of a position. Then, reasonable people may disagree about how to weigh that evidence and what conclusion to form from it. Everyone, of course, is entitled to their own opinion.

What you think you see and what you think a guy did wrong, maybe he did right. Or you see a touchdown pass, but the guy might've been wrong. Something crazy might have happened. You don't know that. That's the toughest thing when it comes to judging play on a football field.

When someone says his conclusions are objective, he means that they are based on prejudices which many other people share.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.

Observations always involve theory.

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.

I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words for me is very personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words.

I don't know if there's such a thing as objectivity.

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

I'm nice, and I show up on time.

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.

I understand that it's good tactics to categorize me as a close-minded, unobjective extremist, but nobody that respects me has those views.

It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions.

The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion.

When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

The angle from which the line and ball are seen makes a tremendous difference in the call, and the player who is inclined to fret inwardly about decisions should realize this.

Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.