Quotes About Judgment

Ho un amico che non ama Dickens. Non so se compatirlo o picchiarlo.

When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.

No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.

Louie brought his new girlfriend over, and the nicest thing I can say about her is all her tattoos are spelled correctly.

What is leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretense that the decision was based on reason

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election.

No one who ever follows their conscience ever does wrong. The consequences may not turn out as we intended; it may prove that we made a mistake. But that is not the same as being wrong.

A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual", find out how he feels about astrology.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.

Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for anyone to be interested in.

To award prizes is to attempt to control the course of another man's work. It is a bid to have him do what you will approve. It affects not only the one who wins the award, but all those who in any measure strive for it.

It is an effort to stop evolution, to hold things back to the plane of your judgment. It is a check on a great adventure of human life. It is negative to the idea that youth should go forward. It is for the coming generation to judge you, not for you to judge it. So it must happen, whether you will it or not.

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so," wrote Shakespeare. For example:

Men do recognise at last that a supernatural Religion involves an absolute authority, and that Private Judgment in matters of faith is nothing else than the beginning of disintegration.

supernatural Religion involves an absolute authority, and that Private Judgment in matters of faith is nothing else than the beginning of disintegration

I have never been against new art as such; some of it is good, much is crap, most is somewhere in between.

Confirmation bias can cause bosses to make excessively glowing judgments about people they have invested a lot of time and money in or who they simply find to be likable or admirable. Even if your judgment is generally sound, confirmation bias can blind you to mediocre or even downright rotten performance displayed by your favorites.

The rule isn't just for teams and organizations. It is a personal commitment that shapes how you judge people, the kind of individuals you hang out with and work with, and your determination to detect, dampen, and defeat disrespectful actions made by yourself and others.

What you "learn" from Steve Jobs tells more about yourself than about him!

Paul Goodman commented that "Few great men could pass personnel.

Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance as the title page and Preface to a most learned volume. So they are easily imposed upon by forms, strange garments, and solemn ceremonies. And when the teaching of parents, the customs of neighbors, and the general tongue approve and justify a belief or creed, no matter how absurd, it is hard even for the strongest to hold the citadel of his soul.