Quotes About Discernment

You can never tell about a person by guessing.

Would you like to know your fatal flaw?' Eddie flushed with annoyance. He could have easily made a list of Hochman's flaws, enough to fill several pages. Still, he was curious. 'Please do tell.' 'You judge what you don't understand.

She never used a cookbook again—after all, there was no point in cooking for someone who couldn't tell the difference between a gâteau au chocolat and a defrosted Sara Lee cake.

As if only he and the blind man could see what the rest of them could not.

When we don't have all the facts, it's easy to jump to the wrong conclusion.

Only a fool would blindly believe everything she was told.

What is commonly called 'women's intuition' is mostly a woman's acute ability to notice small details and changes in the appearance or behaviour of others. It's something that, throughout history, has bewildered men who play around - and are invariably caught.

Kids can tell when teachers are trying," Collin said. "It's like how dogs smell fear.

Sometimes it takes an outsider, someone with fresh eyes to see the truth.

There are some things that a woman knows that she cannot tell even her family. It is part intuition and part self-preservation.

If we all spoke the truth there would be a great deal of unhappiness in the world, and particularly at such a time. Some things are better left unsaid.

He had learned long ago that life became much easier if you ignored what was not right before you.

There's no need to rush, Arch Lector. That's the trouble with good legs, you tend to run around too much. If you have trouble moving, on the other hand, you don't move until you damn well know it's time.

You, that judge men by the handle and the sheath, how can I make you know a good blade?' Jedediah

Fighting every fight you're offered doesn't make you a big man, it makes you a fool.

beware most of clever men who look like fools

Above all, he has learned the trick of saying a great deal less than he knows.

So....wait and see.' 'Eleven times out of twelve, that's the best course...but if I said it that way, no one would reason me a deep thinker.

When you say no to the wrong people, it opens up the space for the right people to come in.

Se pueden averiguar muchas cosas de alguien cuando le das por culo.

Os surdos conseguem sentir cheiros que a maioria das pessoas não consegue, e eu senti o cheiro da maldade naquela fumaça.

You knew what was real not by its qualities but by its imperfections.

an instinct for running his mouth when anyone else would know to shut up.

And I'm a little mean to people who are dumb. And most people are dumb.