Quotes About Judgment

The psychologist Robert Zajonc argued that the way we feel about something, rather than coming on the heels of cognition—that is, "before I can like something, I must have some knowledge about it"—actually accompanies and may even precede it.

We "overvalue performance," as one psychologist put it, "and undervalue the self." We're afraid of being just okay at things. This is a trap. "For to permit yourself to do only that which you're good at," writes the legal scholar Tim Wu, "is to be trapped in a cage whose bars are not steel but self-judgment.

What makes a good judge? Confidence for one. An expert, in Shanteau's view, is someone good at convincing others he or she is an expert. Good judges may make small errors, but they will "generally avoid large mistakes." When they encounter exceptions, experts are good at making"single-case deviations in their decision patterns." Novices, meanwhile, tend to stick stubbornly to the rules, even when they are inappropriate.

Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out.

Evil people can not see the evil in others because of their own evil.

Just remember that the masses are asses and you'll be just fine.

Never judge a book by it's cover . . . judge it by it's price.

Nowadays, I don't believe in the Christian concept of a God who created people for the sole purpose of judging and punishing them. After all, if one of the commandments is "Thou shalt not kill," does that make God a hypocrite when he does things like flooding the world or destroying Sodom and Gomorrah?

When I get to heaven, I will be amazed at three things. I will be amazed at those I thought would be there who are not there, those I did not think would be there who are there, and the fact that I am there at all.

Remember, when you make a choice, you also choose the consequences of that choice.

The girls really do get prettier at closing time.

Did you know that Four out of Five Dentist think the Fifth Dentist is an idiot!

These church-goers," Gabriel felt obliged to fill the silence, "they talk about respect, and love and peace and all that jazz, and the minute they're out of that church, they're just as mean and selfish as they were before. It's as if going to church gives them the right to act like, well... like assholes.

That's the problem with friends sometimes, they invest in who you were or seem to have been, capture you and you're through. Forget what you had in mind about changing, growing, developing. Got you typecasted.

I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about.

When people make up their minds about you, they only see you one way, which is the easy way for them.

We looked each other up and down, checking out how the other looked. She won that battle. Her tailored suit was well made, her dark silk stocking tops visible just beneath her too-short skirt. Her make-up was immaculate: bright red lips and highlighted eyes stood out against her smooth, almost imperceptible foundation. And there I stood in my frayed grey trousers, my leaking black brogues and my gaudy military jacket.

Clement Attlee, who looked like a sadistic sanitary inspector...

I wouldn't be caught dead marring a woman old enough to be my wife.

Sabemos desde hace tiempo que los seres humanos sois brutales —dijo la elfa de los ojos verdes con el ceño fruncido—. En otras épocas, al menos teníais la excusa de la ignorancia.

And the white guy, I just barely got a look at him. They all sort of look alike anyway. All I notice is freckles and sunburn.

Leaphorn didn't comment. It was the decision he would have made. Handle it on Navajo time. No reason to rush in there.

You asked how I'd define prejudice. That's it. Making assumptions about people you've never met.

No matter the reason, the people didn't turn on Jesus because they were Jews. They turned on Jesus because they were human.