Quotes About Judgment

People underestimate the freckled.

Most of the people who say beauty fades say it with a smirk. Fading is more than just expected, it's what they want to see. I don't.

Maybe she was not really like that. It's just that I would prefer you to think that what happened to her was justified.

know the risk I run when I find fault with people more often than I look for something to appreciate. It's like having grit in your eye; you see less and less of the real person standing right in front of you and more and more of the grit in your eye.

Once you let people know anything about what you think, that's it, you're dead. Then they'll be jumping about in your mind, taking things out, holding them up to the light and killing them, yes, killing them, because thoughts are supposed to stay and grow in quiet, dark places, like butterflies in cocoons.

He was good-looking. Enough to make me feel uncomfortable. Tall and dark, etc.

I had to give her a C because she spoilt an otherwise thoughtful piece by suddenly concluding that the Church of England was Anne Boleyn's "fault." A Church is not the "fault" of anybody.

St. John of the Cross gives the coda on this one: "In the evening of life we will be judged by love.

though once more there were whisperings that the imperial sisters should not stoop so low in their friendships and that they looked scruffy and 'unroyal'.28

I thought Erica Jong's Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that I've ever read in my life.

The chief excitement in a woman's life is spotting women who are fatter than she is.

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

academic writing is a process of making intelligent choices, not of following rigid rules.

Why do we put our self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

I've never had white teeth. To be honest, I've never been told to do any of those horrible things - get your teeth whitened or your nose straightened.

Buying a book you've never read is like buying a dress you've never tried on.

I am so tired of being told what a terrible place New York is to live in by people who don't live there

and disrespects me" had inhibited their confidence. Neerja Bhatia, executive coach and founder of Rhythm of Success, advises us to stop identifying with the stressful judgments from our past. If we don't, what has happened will block us from getting what we want.

Awareness is key, and we need to apply our best judgment and intuition to each situation.

MYTH When I feel criticized, I react defensively and I can't be objective. TRUTH I have the ability to discriminate, take what fits, and leave the rest.

chapter 1. There is a stigma attached to being anything less than perfect, and we feel exposed when we find out through critiques that we aren't.

But she had learned that it was smart not to reveal that all her senses were in full working order; instead, she allowed people to act in accordance with their own preconceptions. This was often a useful source of information, and Maud could form her own opinion of the person and the situation.

The difference between a wise person and a foolish person is that the wise one does not repeat his mistakes,

Murder is murder, and a killer is a killer! Even if he pisses in a gold chamberpot, he's still a killer.