Quotes About Evaluation

Throughout the health-insurance reform process, we have had a frequent and consistent dialogue with the business community - small, medium, and large - to analyze and evaluate the impact that reform would have on them. It has been a very instructive and productive dialogue.

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

No one should be so precious as to refuse criticism of their work. But to respect an opinion, we have to know that it was given honestly and with proper thought.

Be honest with yourself about what you're blowing off. A little cancellation here or a bow-out there can add up... but only if you refuse to acknowledge your actions.

If critics were harder on the musicians that they love, there would be better songs. But as they grow older and they lose their talent, critics refuse to let them know that and protect them, and they get to the point where they put out music that just isn't up to the levels where they've already been.

I like to regard myself as someone who's capable of critical thought, that is to say, who can evaluate claims.

Regardless of how I act, somebody is going to criticize me one way or the other.

Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.'

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

In looking back, I see nothing to regret and little to correct.

I don't regret anything, but that doesn't mean that I don't look back and think, 'What was I thinking?'

Everyday I look back at my history and feel regret.

It's always good to show that what you're doing is who you are, what you see on film in the regular season is what you're seeing at the Senior Bowl.

Applying cost-benefit analysis to regulation is no different than what most regulatory agencies do.

Do we want more of the same regulatory mission creep that has helped to harm America's poor and middle class? Do we want more of the policies that have stifled growth? Or do we want something else, something different, something that focuses on the need to reevaluate the size, the scope, the cost, the reach of the federal government?

You see everyone's true colors in a rehearsal.

You would not believe some of the scripts I have seen. I have read something like 160 that I've rejected, and I keep them all, for posterity.

If you were laid off, fired or rejected, ask yourself: what did I do to contribute to this situation? What can I do better next time?

There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.

Everything is a rejection of you, not your product, or your script, or a cosmetic. It's you.

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.

My liking for a team isn't based on just how good it was, but how good was it in relation to how good it should have been.

There is such insecurity in loving that we see all the pros and cons and then decide how much we want to invest in relationships.

Success, you know, is a relative thing.