Quotes About Discernment

I'm just picky about certain things in the videos, so I'm always switching out things that look or sound better.

We don't classify all doctors as incompetent because of the infrequent instances of medical malpractice. We don't use the example of one bad teacher in our children's school to draw a negative conclusion of the entire teaching profession. We should apply that same rational standard when it comes to how we view law enforcement.

My point of view is that if I love a certain kind of beauty, I want more of that beauty. I don't need 200 different beauties.

It's a fine thing to be clever, but too much cleverness usually produces the same result as ignorance.-Lady Berwick

Thank God you know what labels to affix to people. It would be so inconvenient to have to judge them individually.

boundary blindness

Some people wouldn't recognize the truth if it bit 'em and had 'em for breakfast.

it was futile to whisper because Yasha could hear a tick burp at fifty yards.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut.

George Vida braced his hands on the table before taking his seat, his gaze strafing the room with the discernment of a leathery old goat sniffing for something to nibble on.

I went out to lunch today and ordered a Dr. Pepper. The waitress said, "We don't have Dr. Pepper; we have Mr. Pibb. It's the same thing." It's not the same thing at all. Dr. Pepper went to school an extra four years. He's much more qualified to be a soft drink. We don't even know if Mr. Pibb has a G.E.D.

There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.

Try all things, hold fast that which is good.

College guys are different. They're looking for quality.

Some people are street-smart, some people are book-smart, but most people are just dumber than dirt.

Booze and boys, ain't nothing in the universe that'll make a girl stupid faster.

There are 2 kinds of people in the world. Those who enjoy a nice salami and those who have no souls.

There are lots of fish in the sea. Some are sharks, some are angels, and some are bottom feeders.

A young critic is like a boy with a gun; he fires at every living thing he sees. He thinks only of his own skill, not of the pain he is giving.

Watch out for men who are on speaking terms with the Almighty.

Old women can see through walls.

Judge not according to the orthodox standard of a system religious, philosophical, political, but according as things promote, or fail to promote the delicacy, integrity, and authority of Conscience.

Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

Science at best is not wisdom it is knowledge. Wisdom is knowledge tempered with judgment.