Quotes About Judgment

On the day of my judgment, when I stand before God, and He asks me why did I kill one of his true miracles, what am I gonna say? That it was my job? My job?

A boy who once wiped his ass with poison ivy probably doesn't belong in a smart people's club.

I don't have to listen to rumors about a man when I can judge him for myself.

It's hard for me to believe that people who read very little (or not at all in some cases) should presume to write and expect people to like what they have written.

And I guess you judge how well you're doing by how well you sleep at night... and what your dreams are like.

But people love a hypocrite, you know——they recognize one of their own, and it always feels so good when someone gets caught with his pants down and his dick up and it isn't you.

It was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged and found wanting.

In the end we are reduced to saying It seemed like a good idea at the time .

Fault always lies in the same place, my fine babies: with him weak enough to lay blame.

How does it happen that a writer who's not even very good - and I can say that, I've read four or five of his books - gets to be in charge of the world's destiny? Or of the entire universe's? If he's not very good, why didn't you stop at one? Mrs. Tassenbaum smiled. Touché. He is readable, I'll give him that - tells a good story...

You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think.

If a writer knows what he or she is doing, I'll go along for the ride. If he or she doesn't... well, I'm in my fifties now, and there are a lot of books out there. I don't have time to waste with the poorly written ones.

I don't have to listen to rumors about a man when I can judge him for myself.

Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.

It's easy—too easy—to either disbelieve or disregard someone you dislike.

He thought that fat boys were probably only allowed to love pretty girls inside. If he told anyone how he felt (not that he had anyone to tell), that person would probably laugh until he had a heart-attack.

Is there hell, or do we make our own on earth?

A man who loves money is a bastard, someone to be hated. A man who can't take care of it is a fool. You don't hate him, but you got to pity him.

She looks like the type that might freak out. It's something in the eyes, Frannie. It says if you shoot my sacred cows, I'll shoot yours.

Paul Edgecomb: What do you want me to do John? I'll do it. You want me to let you walk out of here and see how far you get? John Coffey: Now why would you want to do a foolish thing like that? Paul Edgecomb: When I die and I stand before God awaiting judgment and he asks me why I let one of HIS miracles die, what am I gonna say, that it was my job?

Let evil wait for the day on which it must fall.

Case fuckin closed.

You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think.

You know what, kid? It's guys like you who give reading a bad name.