Fairness Quote by Freya Stark

Once you understand what a messy, emotional, and destructive dynamic 'fairness' can be, you can see why 'fair' is a tremendously powerful word that…

— Christopher Voss

Nothing in life is fair. Fair is a dirty word and I'll thank you not to use that language around me.

— Jeff Lindsay

Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

“This really isn’t fair,” Mena said. “What is ‘fair’?” asked one of the watchers called Devoth. “I don’t know this word.”

— David Anthony Durham

“I looked up fairness in the dictionary and it was not there.”

— William Giraldi

It is much more difficult to know what is fair than what is unfair

— Michael Josephson

Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.

— George Herbert

“Sometimes I feel that the only concept of fairness in our society is creams like fair & lovely or fair & handsome.”

— Jeroninio Almeida

“Girls my age never use the word “fair”. Ordinary girls as young as I am are basically indifferent to whether things are fair or…

— Haruki Murakami

More often than not "fair" and "balanced" may be mutually exclusive

— Neal Gabler

'Fair' is one of the most dangerous concepts in politics. Since no two people are likely to agree on what is 'fair,' this means…

— Thomas Sowell

“It's Unfair to be fair, For Life is unfair”

— Farley Maglaya