Quotes About Judgment

We often compare the experience of writing a book to that of playing God. It is up to us, and only us, to determine what happens to the people we invent. It is for us alone to determine what is good and bad, just and unjust, appropriate and inappropriate for the worlds we create. I love that about writing books.

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn those shoes.

All clothes are worn on the street, but 'streetwear' had once described T-shirt brands and skate-inspired brands, and now it's just a lazy innuendo used to describe clothing made by designers that the establishment deems 'less than.'

When I saw work shoes, I would know that that person worked. I was very worried about people with shiny, pointed shoes as a child.

Being in the public eye, you're always worried about what angle people are going to take pictures of you at. I don't really care anymore.

No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you.

It's harder to do anything in the public eye now, in terms of if you're worried about scrutiny or being judged negatively. It's not as much of a free ride. If you're someone who's making film or TV or music, or any kind of art form now, there's a billion outlets, and they all have an opinion.

You can filter certain stuff - it depends what artist you are - but you're never going to be true to yourself if you're worried about what other people think.

I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.

You can't really get as much done when you're worried about looking gross.

I listen to everything that comes in. I'm not real worried about demo sound quality. I can hear through that sort of thing. If a band can play, then they can play.

If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off.

When I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.

I get worried sometimes that people are saying 'Why is she on television - is it because of Survivor?' That people are saying, 'She got here the easy way.' But I have been working hard all these years, and I figured I needed to move forward and embrace it, respect it and perfect it. If I didn't, then everybody would lose.

I was worried that in London I would be judged for who I know rather than what I do. In New York, I am known for fashion.

Everybody that has a measurement, whether it's in teaching or whether it's in your job, you're always worried how you will be measured.

'Places to Go' is something that I would never normally write because I would usually be worried with what people would think about me.

My mother's mantra was, 'How would it look to the neighbors?' And so you don't do anything because you're worried about how it would look to the neighbors.

All my life - middle school, high school - I've always been worried what are people going to think.

I see a lot of people judging me and my rookie season, but I'm not really worried about struggling. I know I'm only going to get better.

I will admit to being slightly embarrassed that I am getting tattoos relatively late in life. Tattoos are meant to be something you get in your 20s when you're actually worried about your appearance.

I'm worried about being pigeonholed as an artist, especially a female one, but I think, essentially, it's the music which people judge you by.

I was always worried about what others were thinking about me or how I was being perceived.