Quotes About Discernment

Why does Samuel Butler say, 'Wise men never say what they think of women'? Wise men never say anything else apparently.

If you think I've got a lot of sponsors, you should see the stuff I turn down.

When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.

I can spot a homosexual at forty paces.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

I have a gift: I'm very lucky to be able to spot when a person is special.

I've got a good set of eyeballs on me, so I can spot talent.

People can spot a phony and I think young people can spot a phony.

You don't want to be an iron fist all the time; at least I don't. I like to pick my spots and have a reason for everything that I do.

If the cap ain't on my Crest, if it's squeezed from the middle and not the bottom, there's a problem.

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

No, the people standing before Christ and Pilate during the judgment scene do not condemn an entire race for the death of Christ anymore than the actions of Mussolini condemn all Italians, or the heinous crimes of Stalin condemn all Russians.

A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle.

If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.

Only fine cigars are worth smoking and only men who smoke fine cigars are worth kissing.

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.

Man differs more from man than man from beast

Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men.

The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them.

Know mankind well, don't degrade every man as evil, and don't exalt every man thinking he is good. He who cannot discover himself; cannot discover the world.

Satan, that great angler, hath his sundry baits for sundry tempers of men, which they all catch greedily at, but few perceive the hook till it be too late.

A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.