Bias Quote by Jean de la Bruyere Download Open image “Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.” — Jean de la Bruyere ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bias Habit Habits Mind Novelty Psychology Two
Each of us is born with two contradictory sets of instructions: a conservative tendency, made up of instincts for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and saving energy,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
“It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger and trouble… Nature never appeals to intelligence… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
“One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The more effort we put into something, the more likely we are to value it. We are more likely to be consistent with our… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“But to minds strongly marked by the positive and negative qualities that create severity,— strength of will, conscious rectitude of purpose, narrowness of imagination… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
You are the cutting edge of a thirteen billion year old process of defining novelty. Your acts matter. Your thoughts matter. Your purpose? To… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“As dysfunctional as they may be on occasion, our theories, preconceptions, and “biases” are what make us smart.” — Thomas Gilovich Copy Share Image
Novelty is seldom the essential... make a subject better from its intrinsic nature. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
“Another useful point to bear in mind: What qualities has nature given us to counter that defect? As an antidote to unkindness it gave… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The unfaithful woman, if she is known for such by the person concerned, is only unfaithful. If she is thought faithful, she is perfidious. — Jean De La Bruyere Copy Share Image
What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's senses, of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of the heart,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A man of variable mind is not one man, but several men in one; he multiplies himself as often as he changes his taste… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr.,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The print is devised so that I can cut the dresses on the bias, so they work around the body. It's not like a… — John Galliano Copy Share Image
“Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
"Natural" is a very dangerous word to use about sexuality ... Our society's notions of normality are completely fake and meta-trendy, since they rely… — Susie Bright Copy Share Image
Science manipulates things and gives up living in them. It makes its own limited models of things; operating upon these indices or variables to… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized. — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
I can say this very clearly: I have come into this Congress with an antiwar bias. — Lois Frankel Copy Share Image
The legal bias for special protection for women has begun to wreak havoc with the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
“The most disgusting human trait is bias, because it typically leads to propaganda, hate and violence.” — Lori Lifsey Copy Share Image
“I pick up a copy of Newsweek on the plane and immediately notice how biased, slanted, and opinionated all the U.S. newsmagazine articles are.… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“Hundreds of studies confirm that human forecasts are flawed and biased. Human decision making is not so great either. Again to take just one… — Richard H. Thaler Copy Share Image
![“The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.]” quote by Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fcf/jean-de-la-bruyere-575_built_the-court-is-like-a-palace-built-of-marb_77288.jpg)
