Quotes About Evaluation

Who can dispute that all scientific work should be studied carefully and critically considered? And having an open mind is also an asset, but not so open that your brains fall out.

What are some of the things your last employer could have done to be more successful? Does the applicant offer a long list of items and appear to feel he could have run things better than management did? Are his comments constructive or angry? There is a follow-up:

The same way others become people we select for inclusion in our lives: We learn enough about them, they pass several of our tests, they lose their anonymity, and we discover an acceptable degree of shared values. The

When you accept the survival signal as a welcome message and quickly evaluate the environment or situation, fear stops in an instant. Thus, trusting intuition is the exact opposite of living in fear. In fact, the role of fear in your life lessens as your mind and body come to know that you will listen to the quiet wind-chime, and have no need for

The concept of appropriate supervision can be stated in six words: praise for performance—correction for errors.

Sophie wondered when was she going to learn that lots of things seem like a good idea but a small amount of analysis might uncover that such seemingly good ideas are, in fact, intrinsically faulty.

But then I go and look at the actual notes and

Something was seriously wrong with Burnside. Either his mental apparatus wasn't functioning or he was grossly incompetent. Probably both.

He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man. (describing Saddam Hussein of Iraq, 1991)

You're making me rethink my stance on cold-blooded homicide.

Happy to say you passed the sobriety test. Sad to say you failed the asshole test.

Looking at this decision to pick a law firm from your standpoint, and not from the standpoint of your company, what is it you're looking for?

Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts.

Ask a programmer to review ten lines of code, he'll find ten issues. Ask him to do five hundred lines, and he'll say it looks good.

on what basis do we decide whether we can accept a new project.

the Fifth Ideal is Customer Focus, where we ruthlessly question whether something actually matters to our customers, as in, are they willing to pay us for it or is it only of value to our functional silo?

failure results in reflection and genuine inquiry.

Often in life we will be evaluated and judged by people less qualified than ourselves. And that's frustrating. Authority doesn't always indicate ability or good judgment.

There are very few good judges of comedy. The rest of us are guessing.

They say that ninety percent of TV is junk. But, ninety percent of everything is junk.

I'm not so good at interpreting poetry. When I read a poem, I respond to it in one of two ways: "Wow, this is great!" or "God, this is awful!" I have no other responses.

He's the one ought to have his head examined.

at a societal level there is a surprising shortage of institutions designed to judge what really works and which ideas deserve to be backed with resources. Markets play this role for commercial ideas. But ideas that could be socially valuable often struggle to find support, even when there is strong evidence that they work.

The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.