Quotes About Judgment

Our favorite messengers are sometimes wrong and our least favorite messengers are sometimes right.

Social scientists emphasize that people use the "availability heuristic," which means that we assess risks by asking whether a bad (or good) event is cognitively "available." It

They're not hideous," said Tessa. Will blinked at her. "What?" "Gideon and Gabriel," said Tessa. "They're really quite good-looking, not hideous at all." "I spoke," said Will, in sepulchral tones, "of the pitch-black inner depths of their souls." Tessa snorted. "And what color do you suppose the inner depths of your soul are, Will Herondale?" "Mauve," said Will.

He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly

Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogant words come out of your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and actions are weighed by Him.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

One of the eternal verities of human life is that if you make the same choices as other people, they will think you are intelligent.

People who believe that justice is a pendulum are willing to swing it wildly.

It is said that God the Creator is all-knowing. But if that were true, He would have known better.

We ourselves often duck responsibility for our own actions. Just think how much more embarrassed God would be if He were their author.

Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.

Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.

Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

The heart of metaphor is inference. Conceptual metaphor allows inferences in sensory-motor domains (e.g., domains of space and objects) to be used to draw inferences about other domains (e.g., domains of subjective judgment, with concepts like intimacy, emotions, justice, and so on). Because we reason in terms of metaphor, the metaphors we use determine a great deal about how we live our lives.

Someday you're going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.

Jonathan Edwards is sometimes criticized for having too dim a view of human nature, but it may be helpful to be reminded that his grandmother was an incorrigible profligate, his great-aunt committed infanticide, and his great-uncle was an ax-murderer.

No place in England where everyone can go is considered respectable.

I shall never again think that all tramps are drunken scoundrels, nor expect a beggar to be grateful when I give him a penny, nor be surprised if men out of work lack energy, nor subscribe to the Salvation Army, nor pawn my clothes, nor refuse a handbill, nor enjoy a meal at a smart restaurant.

Clothes are powerful things. Dressed in a tramp's clothes it is very difficult, at any rate for the first day, not to feel that you are genuinely degraded.

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

At age 50, every man has the face he deserves.

By what right does the wolf judge the lion?