Quotes About Evaluation

Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances change.

I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

Ask yourself, "How did I get here? How is it that I find myself in a company, a role, a relationship, or a life from which I've absented my spirit? How did I lose my way?

Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of an entire sensibility.

Classical self-education demands that you understand, evaluate, and react to ideas. In your journal, you will record your own summaries of your reading; this is your tool for understanding the ideas you read. This—the mastery of facts—is the first stage of classical education.

He was looking at me in a way that he never had before. Impatient. A little bored. As if I were not so smart after all.

A chill runs through me. Am I really that cold and calculating?

No man is to be judged by the mere nature of his duties, but all should be judged by the manner and the spirit in which they perform them.

What I can say that's different in American television... in Britain, they wouldn't cancel something after a couple of episodes. In the States they would. They would just decide it's not working, take it off and put something else in on the fall schedule.

Mass appreciation doesn't always equate to something good.

If you look hard enough, you'll find something good about me and say it.

Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on.

Mayors love lists when they say something good about their city and hate them when they don't.

I jump at every opportunity I get to do something new but only if I feel that I can justify it.

Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.

If you're a director presenting a new idea, and the person who can judge whether or not it goes ahead is in the room, that makes you somewhat defensive.

I've got a balance sheet. Every year I have to figure out how much I generate and what I spend, and keep those two somewhat in relationship.

Well, that's the question we have to answer as coaches. Is our franchise quarterback here? Is he on the roster? Is he being developed, or is he somewhere else?

As a songwriter, it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.

As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions.

Every musician out there wants to be judged on the merit of their songwriting, the merit of their performing abilities.

I don't read good reviews. I like to know what percentages are going on. When Sony sends out something saying that people are liking the movie, I like to know that, but I don't actually sit and read the good stuff.

As soon as you become complacent your show gets canceled.