Quotes About Judgment

In all prospering human affairs there is a streak of hazard, a blending of good fortune with good judgment which gives the lucky man a sense of having earned his deserts and gives the deserving, if he is modest, an awareness of his luck. That

These days I often have a struggle not to feel inferior to you, that is in your judgment of human beings.' 'I don't think I have any judgment, at least not to be proud of. But perhaps I am nearer the earth than you. Like Garrick, I can smell a friend.

Stupid is as stupid looks.

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

It matters very little whether your judgments of people are true or untrue, and very much whether they are kind or unkind

Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice

Power, for the sake of lording it over fellow-creatures or adding to personal pomp, is rightly judged base. But power in a national crisis, when a man believes he knows what orders should be given, is a blessing.

Comme dit Kinglake : un examen si minutieux qu'il finit par placer un objet sous un angle de vision mensonger est un plus mauvais guide qu'un rapide coup d'oeil qui embrasse les choses dans leurs justes proportions.

What is adequacy? Adequacy is no standard at all.

A modern dictator with the resources of science at his disposal can easily lead the public on from day to day, destroying all persistency of thought and aim, so that memory is blurred by the multiplicity of daily news and judgment baffled by its perversion

The following French defence has been made, and it cannot be lightly dismissed. If Czechoslovakia had refused to submit, and war had resulted, France would have fulfilled her obligations; but if the Czechs chose to give in under whatever pressures were administered French honour was saved. We must leave this to the judgment of history.

If the present," I said a few weeks later, "tries to sit in judgment on the past it will lose the future.

always followed, so far as I could see, the principle that military commanders should not be judged by results, but by the quality of their effort.

when our lives have faded, history will pronounce its cool, detached, and shadowy verdict.

These thirty years of action and advocacy comprise and express my life-effort, and I am content to be judged upon them. I have adhered

Listen, nitwit, what good will it do you to know whether I am sincere or insincere? What does this have to do with whether or not my thoughts are right? I can utter a soaring truth insincerely and say the stupidest thing sincerely. Learn to judge the thought independently of who says it or how.

Tutto un mare di giudizi, ognuno dei quali ti incastra dentro un altro uomo e ti ricrea nella sua anima. È come rinascere dentro a un migliaio di anime che ti stanno strette.

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Don't you see the rest of the country looks upon New York like we're left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers? I think of us that way sometimes and I live here.

Never shoot up in the air when you're standing under it.

Subjectivity is objective.

It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better [...] while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.

If she were lying on a plate with a herring, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

If it's bad, I'll hate it because I hate bad writing. If it's good, I'll be envious and hate it all the more.