Biased Advice Quotes

You don't ever ask a barber whether you need a haircut.

I would say don't take advice from people like me who have gotten very lucky. We're very biased. You know, like Taylor Swift telling you to follow your dreams is like a lottery winner telling you, 'Liquidize your assets; buy Powerball tickets - it works!'

If you take sales presentations and brokers of commercial real estate and businesses... I'm 70 years old, I've never seen one I thought was even within hailing distance of objective truth.... 'incentive-caused bias,' causes this terrible abuse. And many of the people who are doing it you would be glad to have married into your family compared to what you're otherwise going to get.

Whoever pays the consultant gets pretty much what they want to hear.

Politicians listen to economists who tell them what they want to hear.

Asking for financial advice from a financial planner is like asking a barber if you need a hair cut.

All advice can only be a product of the man who gives it.