"Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view"
- Lillian Hellman
About this Quote
This quote by Lillian Hellman recommends that it is challenging to discover individuals who are truly objective in their viewpoints. She suggests that even those who are expected to be impartial, such as judges, may not be totally devoid of bias. Hellman implies that it is only infants, who are too young to understand the concept of bias, who can really have an uncolored point of view. This quote highlights the difficulty of finding people who are genuinely objective and free from predisposition. It recommends that even those in positions of authority may not have the ability to provide an objective opinion. Hellman's quote functions as a reminder that it is essential to be aware of our own biases and to make every effort to be as unbiased as possible.
"All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization"
"I'm saddened to see that everyone's pitched out the baby with the bath, in that we say that it can't be one or the other, it could be both. I mean, just because we listen to classical music doesn't mean that we can't listen to jazz"
"How come life is so important in the nine months before birth, but then we sort of forget about the importance, we're not worried about whether that baby lives in poverty once he or she is born"
"In fact I have nightmares about having children. I want to carry a baby and feel the life within me and in my dream, I do. But every time after it's born, there's this incredible fear, this pounding pulse of fear. It's a real bad nightmare"
