Quotes About Evaluation

There is a sure rule for judging books just as there is for judging men: it is enough to know by whom they are loved, and by whom they are hated.

Everyone has a price.

Those who consider themselves good teachers probably aren't.

You can talk about results all you want, but they remain nothing more than ideas until you decide exactly how you're going to measure them.

So, start every change project with a clear and compelling statement of the goal you're trying to achieve. Measure your progress. Don't leave it to intuition or hunches. Measure your measures by the behavior they influence. And finally, measure the right thing, and measure it frequently.

Not everyone forgets to take measures and to do so frequently, but people still fail to create measures that generate the right kind of influence. They do so by measuring the wrong variable.

it is unfair to characterize the work of postmodernists as "bad writing," despite the fact that a lot of it is actually bad writing.

I like what I like and not what I'm supposed to like because of mass rating. And I very much dislike the things I don't like.

The only question that really counts, must be thins one: are things getting better or are they getting worse?

The only question that really counts, must be this one: are things getting better or are they getting worse?

La única pregunta realmente importante tiene que ser esta: ¿Las cosas van a mejor o a peor?

Elhagyni az otthonunkat súlyosan túlértékelt cselekvés.

Fortuna, ma ci sono fortune che vanno in braccio al primo che incontrano, fortune puttane che piantano subito e vanno col prossimo e invece ci sono fortune sagge che spiano una persona e la collaudano lentamente

the Court has reaffirmed that the officers' subjective motivation is irrelevant in evaluating whether a stop or an arrest is lawful under the Fourth Amendment. As long as the officer can articulate reasonable suspicion for making a stop, even if it had nothing to do with the real reason for the stop, he or she has not violated the Fourth Amendment.

Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.

The first time you attempt a retrospective that goes beyond asking "What went well?" and "What should we do differently?" it will take time to prepare.

Your past is irrelevant. You cannot evaluate your future experience by your past, because what is taking place in this moment is a new awareness, a new ingredient that will be added to your pie, that will change the outcome of your future so dramatically, that your past really has no relevancy.

When a client asks the question "How do I boost my profits?" the first thing McKinsey does is take a step back and ask the question "Where do your profits come from?" The answer to this is not always obvious, even to people who have been in their particular business for years.

How do you avoid that trap? The McKinsey way is to take an occasional step back from the continual grind of fact gathering and analysis and to ask yourself what you have learned over the past week (or two weeks, or whatever). How does the new information fit into your initial hypothesis? If it doesn't, how might it change that hypothesis? Doing these little reality checks now and then could save you from chasing down blind alleys. As a final

In another case, a McKinsey team went in to evaluate expansion opportunities for a division of a manufacturing company. After a few weeks of gathering and analyzing data, the team realized that what the division needed was not expansion; it was closure or sell-off.

LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE Every now and then, take a mental step back from whatever you're doing. Ask yourself some basic questions: How does what you're doing solve the problem? How does it advance your thinking? Is it the most important thing you could be doing right now? If it's not helping, why are you doing it?

Policy analysis is a social and political activity.

Unlike mere action, prayer is not subject to immediate evaluation or verification. If we are addicted to "results" we will quickly lose interest in prayer.

As silver in a crucible and gold in a pan, so our lives are assayed by GOD.