Quotes About Discernment

Ezekben az idÅ'kben még meg lehetett állapítani az emberek nemzeti hovatartozását a szaguk alapján. Dezdemóna a hátán fekve, behunyt szemmel is felismerte az egyik oldalán fekvÅ' szomszédja árulkodó hagymaszagáról, hogy csak magyar lehet, a másikéról meg, akinek nyershús-szaga volt, azt, hogy örmény.

Néha észre se vesszük, ami majd kiböki a szemünket.

Une femme n'est pas une pastèque dans laquelle on fait un trou pour voir si elles est sucrée.

I just don't know which is worse, to say nothing or to say too much.

Once you know the truth, it's always obvious

don't be snowed by a handsome guy at a bookstore who quotes Cicero and Proust. They are often not the real thing. As with many fleeting pleasures--travel in their company, enjoy them every so often, and then get on with your life.

There is a long time in me between knowing and telling." —GRACE PALEY

When someone tells you who they are, believe them.

A sense of timing is the mark of a genius.

Be very, very careful not to let the facts get mixed up with the truth.

What does it take for a person to be able to recognize evil as it unfolds? To see with foresight and acuity .

It is this quality, the power of seeing order in apparent confusion, that has marked the work of all great men.

It would be nice to think that a censor could allow a genuine work of artistic seriousness and ban a titillating piece of sadism, but it would take a miracle to make such a distinction stick.

I can work on a verse for a very long time before realising it's not any good and then, and only then, can I discard it.

I'm not jumping into anything fast. I'm an actor that likes to choose my work and there's an element of good taste to my work.

In fact, all kinds of men, and not merely architects, can recognize a good piece of work.

For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on.

Stay away from girls who cry a lot or who look like they get pregnant easily or have careers.

I'm a good judge of my own work.

Not write, maybe develop. Direct, sure. As an actor, you work on so many films, you sort of start to see who directs well and who doesn't.

I'm very prescriptive about who I work with.

Wisdom is the ability to see the invisible

Wisdom solves almost anything

You can resolve any situation with wisdom