Quotes About Evaluation

The worst thing you can do after a test screening is slash it for the lowest common denominator.

I can't stand to watch anything that I'm in. I tear it apart. The worst thing you can do is leave me alone and let me watch what I'm in. It's abusive.

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.

If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.

Digital photography is, by definition, unfinished. You don't feel that after every 24 or 36 shots you have to change your film - you know you can go on for ever if you want. You can see the result immediately, and find out if your original idea is worth going on with or not, whether it can be corrected, whether it can be improved.

The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.

When I was a kid, I reckoned things in Hershey bars. Is this worth three Hershey bars to me?

You can get a diamond which is worth 10 cents; you can get a diamond of exactly the same size, which is worth a hundred dollars.

I think hopefully we've got enough brain cells left to decide if our music is really worth something.

People with a lot of money aren't in the business of throwing it away, and those paying footballers' wages, organising parking spaces for dead sharks, and even, dare I say it, buying iPads, are doing it because, for them, it's worth the money.

Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less.

I believe in sex on a first date. Otherwise, how do you know if a second date is worth the effort?

When you come to 'Shark Tank,' the only person you should listen to is me, because you know you're getting the truth. I'll decide if it's worth it, and after I'm finished, the rest of the people can look into it.

Like a bottle of wine or a promising college quarterback turning pro, C.E.O.'s are similar to what economists call experience goods: you commit to a price long before you know if they're worth it.

When I became poet laureate, I was in a slightly uncomfortable position because I think a lot of poetry isn't worth reading.

Whether my columns are worth reading isn't for me to say.

Some of my movies hold the bottom rankings on Rotten Tomatoes.

One should take writers' valuations of their own work with a pinch of salt: they are likely to rank them differently tomorrow.

The one thing I would say is, I do think women are evaluated differently than men. How we look, what is our age? Do you see a ton of 55-year-old women in sports television? No. But there are men in their 60s and 70s across many networks who are still in sports television.

The preseason games are always weird because you know you're not going to play a ton, but you have to get ready like it's a regular-season game. There can be pressure to go out there and do well.

I look at a lot of my fights and I'm like, 'man, that was too greedy.' I can even look back on my fights, even the good ones where I got the knockouts, and think, 'I should have probably toned it down a little bit.'

I want a shot at being an analyst. I love watching 'UFC Tonight.' I'm very critical of all the new fighters they have come on there.

I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books.