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Quotes About Assessment

The old saying in defense planning is that one must judge an adversary's capabilities, rather than its intentions.
~ Gordon G. Chang
It's Myers-Briggs . . . the MBTI, Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator.
~ Gordon MacDonald
I'm silently judging your font choice.
~ Internet meme, c. 2014
the balance sheet is the company's thermometer. It lets you know whether you're healthy or not.
~ Jack Stack
Schwatzendale pulled at his chin. He mused. "There is stuff here which requires sober over-thinking." Moncrief waved away the idea. "No need! I have done all necessary thinking. The scheme is excellent!
~ Jack Vance
What becomes of this emotion we call envy when it is uncoupled from fear and malice? Does it remain a sin? Or is it simply an honest assessment of the human condition?
~ Jacqueline Carey
Our civilization is first and foremost a civilization of means; in the reality of modern life, the means, it would seem, are more important than the ends. Any other assessment of the situation is mere idealism.
~ Jacques Ellul
The researcher should try to rid himself of the predominance of emotions, prejudices and preconceptions. This is a demanding requirement... No man can free himself completely of emotions, prejudices, and preconceptions. Yet, an honest researcher could still try his best before an objective and fair assessment of any issue can be reached.
~ Jamal A. Badawi
the burden of the thinking man is to calculate the probable good against the possible bad and to decide whether the change will be worth the risk.
~ James A. Michener
there were many ways to judge the acts of an institution, and the pragmatic way was not the worst, by any means.
~ James A. Michener
REFERENCE RANGES FOR C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP) CRP (mg/L) Category Greater than 2.9 High risk 1.0 to 2.9 Intermediate risk Less than 1.0 Low risk Target Range: Less than 1.0
~ James B. LaValle
In the context of the Negro problem neither whites nor blacks, for excellent reasons of their own, have the faintest desire to look back; but I think that the past is all that makes the present coherent, and further, that the past will remain horrible for exactly as long as we refuse to assess it honestly.
~ James Baldwin
We know, in the case of the person, that whoever cannot tell himself the truth about his past is trapped in it, is immobilized in the prison of his undiscovered self. This is also true of nations. We know how a person, in such a paralysis, in unable to assess either his weaknesses or his strengths, and how frequently indeed he mistakes one for the other.
~ James Baldwin
We know, in the case of the person, that whoever cannot tell himself the truth about his past is trapped in it, is immobilized in the prison of his undiscovered self. This is also true of nations. We know how a person, in such a paralysis, is unable to assess either his weaknesses or his strengths, and how frequently indeed he mistakes one for the other.
~ James Baldwin
I'm usually a fairly harsh critic. It depends. I tend to really not watch my work, because I just feel uncomfortable, and I can be highly critical.
~ Jenny Slate
I am uncomfortable judging people, as we - members of the film fraternity - are judged more than anybody else.
~ Vijay Krishna Acharya
I never underestimate or overestimate anybody. Really we have to try and find levels of performance for ourselves first.
~ Nigel Pearson
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
~ Henry Adams
Doug Collins - people just underestimate him.
~ Jalen Rose
Do not underestimate Jeremy Corbyn.
~ Peter Hitchens
Despite explicit warnings, the consequences of the invasion were underestimated.
~ John Chilcot
I have to admit, I underestimated Billie Jean and overestimated myself.
~ Bobby Riggs
The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
I'd rather be someone that's underrated than overrated.
~ Clint Dempsey