Quotes About Discernment

Now each man can give a good judgment upon matters with which he is acquainted, and is in such cases a good judge. In each particular case, therefore, he judges best who has been taught the matter in question, and on all matters he whose education has been universal.

Communities could not subsist without foresight to discern, as well as exertion to effectuate the measures requisite for their safety. Men capable of discerning those measures, are made for authority; and men merely capable of effectuating them by bodily labor, are made for obedience.

Garbage, you know, is very revealing.It beats the shit out of tarot cards.

Isn't it surprising how many things, if not said immediately, seem not worth saying ten minutes from now?

After all, as the saying goes, "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad."[*

Anyone who can't tell the difference between an ordinary Bernie Sanders supporter and a Stalinist revolutionary, or between Donald Trump's average voter and a Nazi, is either willfully ignorant or needs to get out of the house more.

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

I will always choose quality over quantity.

I believe in quality over quantity.

I like quality over quantity.

I am keen to do quality films; it is not quantity that I am looking at.

There are two answers to every question - God's answer and everybody else's - and everybody else is wrong when they disagree with him.

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to. It is a question of sometimes choosing what is - in your own mind - of material importance and what isn't, what might be a crucial potential penalty and what might not be.

I do know dumb-ass questions when I see dumb-ass questions.

During crazy times, I just hold back. People are so quick to jump on something or rip it apart.

I am very quick to judge.

The eye is a very quick instrument, much quicker than the ear. The eye gets it immediately.

Kids are as discerning as adults, if anything they are quicker and clearer in knowing what they like.

I can tell very quickly when people are lying.

I befriend people too quickly - I don't think that's wrong, but I get told that I should be a bit more careful.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

People ought to quit talking to the press.

I've been blessed with a good head on my shoulders and quite a good ability of discernment. I can see through people.