Quotes About Discernment

I choose movies with caution.

I can't do the terrible mistake of thinking audiences are dumb and will accept anything I do. I want to be cautious about my choices.

Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.

Of two evils we must always choose the least.

You can't say that I am choosy. You can say that I work in few films at a time.

I became extremely choosy about films.

I have learnt to become choosy.

For me, music is in the choice of what not to play as much as in what you've chosen to play.

I honestly keep to myself often and I keep my circle small.

It's easy to get caught up in a moment and think, 'Oh, I've been offered some giant studio film or a superhero franchise or some actor wants to meet with me about a project they want to do.' And it's easy to get caught up in a moment because it's flattering. But you can't do a movie because it's flattering.

Unless you are a born connoisseur of art, you will not be able to judge by yourself why certain art is superior to other art.

Nobody is more capable to pointing out the unbalances in, let's say, supermarket prices than women.

I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about my characters.

Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.

Jesus often reminds his followers and friends to discern the difference between what matters and what doesn't; he urges a stripped-down, unencumbered life. And here, he recommends this type of life as a way of staying ready, being wide awake and prepared for what God brings next.

The subject was as easy to spot as a kangaroo in a dinner jacket

A classical education saves you from being fooled by pretentiousness, which is what most current fiction is too full of.

Knowing what things are not is often as important as knowing what they are.

People most often don't see what is right before them.

I know he hasn't a mean or petty bone in him, but one can err on the side of caution as well as rashness.

the Men Who Knew came out of the woodwork.

Zip it kiddo. Don't ever admit you know a thing about cooking or it'll be used against you later in life.