Quotes About Judgment

People love to believe they're so much better than they are. People who have never been tested, they're so quick to judge. What do they really know about themselves? All I'm saying is this: unless you've been there, found yourself with nothing, nothing but your own talent, you can't tell me you wouldn't do it the same way, too.

In the end, the judge ruled that no woman has "the right to copulate with a feeling of security that there will be no resulting conception": if a woman isn't willing to die in childbirth, she shouldn't have sex. Sanger

relieved no one of the obligation to judge right from wrong. But it did require subjecting the past to skepticism, to look to beginnings not to justify ends, but to question them—with evidence.

a judge in Vermont ruled in favor of a runaway slave whose master had produced a bill of sale proving his ownership: the judge said in order to retain his property in the form of another man he'd have to provide a bill of sale from "God Almighty." 17

Well, what ever he calls it," said Marlon's granny, "he looks like an idiot with that stupid great thing stuck in his mouth all the time.

One of my colleagues in Birmingham University, where I come from,' said Trevair, 'is a moral philosopher. He taught me that one of the ways to judge a course of action is to consider what company it puts one in. I doubt if that's very good philosophy, but I find it a good rule of thumb.

Do you really think I'm bad?" "Of course, Jane. Every woman is, if given the chance.

A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.

I'm not sure I'm going to like Don Mincher. I keep hearing that big southern accent of his. It's prejudice, I know, but every time I hear a southern accent I think: stupid. A picture of George Wallace pops into my mind. It's like Lenny Bruce saying he could never associate a nuclear scientist with a southern accent.

Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking.

Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking.

The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.

Judge not, lest ye be punched in the face for being a self-righteous prick.

It was an elegant trap, one which had claimed the sanity of many libriomancers over the years. As you exhausted yourself physically and mentally, your judgment eroded as well, leading you to make mistakes when you could least afford them. Sleep was the best cure. Naturally, insomnia was a common side effect of magic use.

Plus he had this accent, like he was Canadian or something, so I figured he was probably harmless.

Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.

As a preacher myself, let me be blunt here. Preaching itself can easily become just a subtle form of entertainment. When I stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ, he is not going to ask me if I was a clever orator. He is not going to ask me how many books I wrote. He is only going to ask whether I continued in the line of men and women, starting way back in the time of Adam's grandchildren, who led others to call upon God.

Standards of beauty change. If Mona Lisa went into a modeling agency today, they'd say, "Sorry, we don't need a janitor."

Some people criticized Mother Teresa for taking money from people who were later convicted of stealing. She had no way of knowing, her defenders said.

I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is a part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems

You know your god is man-made when he hates all the same people you do.

Everyone is entitled to be foolish sometimes, but many people abuse the privilege.

So while it was clear that Raymond had a vision, Jeffery still had a hard time working out precisely what vision that might be. Is he a genius or a complete idiot? And, for that matter, what would you call Jeffery for thinking all of this?

Leaders can also set aside matters of personality and make decisions based on fact.