Quotes About Judgment

Pat tells you something about Jolene. What do you hear as a listener? What information have you actually received? You've received information about Pat – not Jolene. We may walk away believing we have solid information about Jolene. But we don't. All we have are Pat's words about her. Perhaps you haven't even met Jolene. If you're wise, you'll withhold judgements about her. Nothing put into speech is ever completely reliable.

Permitieron que su ego nublara su juicio empresarial, un error muy común pero potencialmente letal.

My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth speaking the line, the body delivering the gesture, while the mind looks back, observing, analyzing, judging, worrying, and then deciding when and what to say next. Enjoyment while performing was rare - enjoyment would have been an indulgent loss of focus that comedy cannot afford.

Sure, I've gotten some disbelieving stares when I've tried to explain this little habit of mine to, say, a bus seatmate. I've watched a guy adjust his posture, or get up and move back several rows, even if it meant he now sat next to someone else who was clearly on the verge of some other kind of insanity.

confidently motivated by poor judgment, I dropped in one-quarter of a Quaalude.

it's better to strive for a good solution and avoid disaster rather than trying to find the best solution

In God's eyes all children are beautiful but here on earth we have higher standards.

As long as you can tell the difference between a good idea and a bad one, generating a boatload of ideas, even outlandish ones, can only be a good thing.

A moral compass can convince you that all the answers are obvious (even when they're not); that there is a bright line between right and wrong (when often there isn't); and, worst, that you are certain you already know everything you need to know about a subject so you stop trying to learn more.

or "the habit of giving opinions and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge or competence.

But when it comes to solving problems, one of the best ways to start is by putting away your moral compass.

Smart people love to make smart-sounding predictions, no matter how wrong they may turn out to be.

They may accuse you of consorting with witches or communists or even economists.

paid $2.50 to smother a baby girl born with a cleft deformity

Mientras discutía acerca de su investigación sobre los nombres en un programa de radio, Roland G. Fryer Jr. aceptó una llamada de una mujer negra que se sentía disgustada por el nombre que acababan de dar a su sobrina recién nacida. Se pronunciaba shuh-Teed, pero en realidad se escribía como «Shithead» [tonta, despreciable].

No one wants distortion, but choosing itself is the distortion.

But you also want to be honest about your weaknesses. People are much less harsh on weaknesses that are clear than weaknesses that are hidden -- as they should be.

The fashion accessories of Justitia, the Roman goddess of justice, express the logic succinctly: (1) scales; (2) blindfold; (3) sword.

Setting fire to a person and seeing whether he burns is a dumb way to determine his guilt.

The case against bigotry is not a factual claim that humans are biologically indistinguishable. It is a moral stance that condemns judging an individual according to the average traits of certain groups to which the individual belongs.

hextable n. The record you find in someone else's collection which instantly tells you you could never go out with them.

To make decisions "rationally," by some set of rules, means to base the decisions on some grounds of truth:

the availability heuristic: the easier it is to recall examples of an event, the more probable people think it is.

We judge people not just on what they do but on what they are - not just on whether someone has given more than he has taken, but on whether he is the kind of person who would sell you down the river or knife you in the back if it were ever in his interests to do so.