Quotes About Judgment

Pero tales cosas por lo visto no se toman en consideración en el momento decisivo, en ninguno de los continentes, ni en Europa ni en América, sino antes bien se toman decisiones según el rapto de furia del primer momento y conforme a la primera sentencia que salga de la boca.

Para el sospechoso es mejor moverse que sentarse, ya que puede estar, sin saberlo, sobre una balanza y ser pesado según sus pecados

No hay defensa posible contra esta judicatura, ha que confesar. Haga la confesión en la próxima oportunidad que se le presente. Solo así tendrá la posibilidad de escapar

they're probably law books, and it's in the nature of this judicial system that one is condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance.

They think you are guilty. Your trial will perhaps not get any farther than one of the lower courts. At least for the moment they think your guilt is proven.' 'But I'm not guilty,' said K., 'it's a mistake. How can a person be guilty anyway? We're all human, every single one of us.' 'That is correct,' said the priest, 'but that's the way guilty people talk.

What was always incomprehensible to me was your total lack of feeling for the suffering and shame you could inflict on me with your words and judgments. It was as though you had no notion of your power.

Si resumes lo que piensas de mí, el resultado es que no me echas en cara nada propiamente inmoral o malo (a excepción tal vez de mi último proyecto matrimonial), pero sí frialdad, rareza, ingratitud. Y me lo echas en cara de una manera como si fuese culpa mía, como si yo hubiese podido cambiarlo todo con sólo dar un giro al volante, mientras que tú no tienes la menor culpa, como no sea la de haber sido demasiado bueno conmigo.

There's no way at all that you can defend yourself against this Court, you have to admit your guilt. Make a full confession as soon as you can

I've forgotten to ask you what kind of acquittal you want. There are three possibilities: actual acquittal, apparent acquittal, and prolongation.

Her ?eyi yanl?? de?erlendiriyorsunuz, sessizli?i de.

If you're under suspicion it's better to be moving than still, as if you're still you can be in the pan of the scales without knowing it and be weighed along with your sins.

For a suspect, movement is better than staying still, for someone who is still can always, without realizing it, be in the scales and be weighed with his sins.

Mahkeme, inanc?ndan asla döndürülemez. Burada bir tuvale yan yana bütün yarg?çlar?n resmini yapsam ve siz de kendinizi bu tuvale savunsan?z, gerçek bir mahkeme önündekine oranla daha çok ÅŸans?n?z olur.

Being on a grand jury felt like attending a series of hangings in a legal Wild West. Hands up for a true bill. Hands up for a dismissal. A show of hands to save a life, or to end it.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would look people in the face and be like, 'Your snake cake's not good.'

History will decide if I'm a villain or a hero.

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.

I always will be the villain, no matter what. I don't know why.

White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

There's no question that Roberts will vote like William Rehnquist... If he swings, it will be from right to far right.

Never judge something by whether it is popular or not. You don't have to follow trends. No one thought William Wilberforce was right at first.

I had one critic who wrote: 'Finty Williams is like her mother in looks if not in talent.' It'll be on my gravestone.

You've got to make tough decisions, sometimes unpopular decisions... Whatever it is, if it's the right move at the right time, you've got to be also willing to make mistakes.