Absence Quote by Michael Crichton Download Open image “Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.” — Michael Crichton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Absence Evidence Evidence Prejudice Know Opinion Opinion Opinion Absence Prejudice Racism Science
What is prejudice? An opinion, which is not based upon reason; a judgment, without having heard the argument; a feeling, without being able to… — Carrie Chapman Catt Copy Share Image
Prejudice does not mean false ideas, but only ... opinions adopted before examination. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
We are all apt to think that an opinion that differs from our own is a prejudice. — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it. — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
We leap to conclusions and remember those conclusions as fact. We react on our own prejudices but don't always recognize them as such. — Ruth Ware Copy Share Image
“Develop a prejudice; find evidence to support it and you’d have made yourself a logically evaluated, arguable opinion.” — Rajendra Punde Copy Share Image
Prejudice is a great time-saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. Prejudice not being founded on reason cannot be removed… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Moreover, the attitude that one ought to believe such and such a proposition, independently of the question whether there is evidence in its favor,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
What used to be called prejudice is now called a null hypothesis. — A. W. F. Edwards Copy Share Image
They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
This is the gift of your species and this is the danger, because you do not choose to control your imaginings. You imagine wonderful… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“it is important to recognize that the behavior of the two antagonists mirrors each other, like a Rorschach inkblot. The value of a Rorschach… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I can tell you that second hand smoke is not a health hazard to anyone and never was, and the EPA has always known… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
As the practical value of altering consciousness becomes recognized, procedures to effect these alterations will become increasingly ordinary and unremarkable. The whole concept of… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story-and then turn the page to national or international affairs,… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The work, the work, the work. This is what the business is all about. This is the fun, the glory, the pleasure. It's the… — Phil Dusenberry Copy Share Image
Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he… — William Greenough Thayer Shedd Copy Share Image
Local and state governments have outrun the federal government. The EPA has served notice that it will enact a rule requiring CO2 reductions by… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is… — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
The absence of God in most spheres of life is perceived to be normal, and even Christians feel it as normal - which is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“I was thinking how most people don't make you feel much of anything at all. Don't make you feel like time spent with them… — Jane Lotter Copy Share Image
Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict. — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
