Quotes About Judgment

If a monster says hello to you, you should say hello to it. If you don't, then I have to wonder which one of you is really the monster.

I used to think you were a good-for-nothing book reader.

In her secret soul, however, she decided that politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names…

Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.

John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!

What lady do you think prettiest? Said Sallie. Margaret. Which do you like the best? Jo, of course. What silly questions you ask! and Jo gave a disdainful shrug as the rest laughed at Laurie's matter-of-fact tone

She was standing before a fine portrait of the old gentleman when the door opened again, and, without turning, she said decidedly, 'I'm sure now that I shouldn't be afraid of him, for he's got kind eyes, though his mouth is grim, and he looks as if he had a tremendous will of his own. He isn't as handsome as my grandfather, but I like him.' 'Thank you, ma'am,' said a gruff voice behind her, and there, to her great dismay, stood old Mr. Laurence.

I hate estimable young men with brown eyes!

What would Jo say if she saw you now? asked Amy impatiently

Aprende a conocer y a distinguir los elogios que enaltecen de los que denigran

Well, my love, I consider him a trump, in the fullest sense of that expressive word, but I do wish he was a little younger and a good deal richer. Now, Laurie, don't be too fastidious and worldly-minded. If they love one another it doesn't matter a particle how old they are nor how poor. Women never should marry for money... Amy caught herself up short as the words escaped her, and looked at her husband, who replied, with malicious gravity...

I should give Mother a new bonnet first of all, for I heard Miss Kent say no lady would wear such a shabby one. Mrs. Smith said fine bonnets didn't make real ladies, though.

Three decades of being the most respectable science professional or suburban mother count for nothing set against one fuck in a doorway.

She had a talent for looking at a person with no expression - you filled in whatever you felt guiltiest about.

For it was through books that she felt her life to be unjudged Look at all of the great mix-ups, messes, confinement, and double-dealings in Shakespeare, she thought.Identities disguised continually, in a combative dance of illusion and discovery.

John's judgment' on any question was to her always right and the last word.

Cartoonists stereotyped Rockefeller as a churchgoing hypocrite.

John D. Rockefeller was not only self-made but self-invented and already had unyielding faith in his own judgment.

My suggestion is to err in getting what seems at present too much room rather than not enough.

Harper had fundamentally miscalculated in approaching Rockefeller for money.

Like the Reynolds pamphlet, these clandestine messages signal a further deterioration in Hamilton's judgment once he no longer worked under Washington's wise auspices and was left purely to his own devices.

Washington went on to say that this mighty blaze "ought to be under the guidance of reason, for although we cannot avoid first impressions, we may assuredly place them under guard.

Was Lamont's reluctance simple candor—or splendid calculation?

He valued money too highly to dispense it lightly and wanted to investigate all requests before acting upon them.