Quotes About Evaluation

I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds" (Revelation 2:23).

Unbelievers are experts at self-approval. They invent their own standards, and then they use these standards to judge themselves wise. But to be found wise in this manner is a meaningless honor.

Accept that you will never be objective enough to judge your personal writing very well. During

Whatever we do, someone is going to take the time to say it's shit.

The architect should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work be done by the other arts is put to test.

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

Some things are just straw, and some things are gold, and sometimes you just have to know which is which.

Socialism means keeping account of everything. You will have socialism if you take stock of every piece of iron and cloth.

How teachers are evaluated will most certainly alter how teachers teach.

On idea of merit rating) Everyone propels himself forward or tries to, for his own good, on his own life preserver. The organization is the loser. Merit rating rewards people that do well in the system. It does not reward attempts to improve the system. Don't rock the boat.

The problem lies in the difficulty to define a meaningful measure of performance.

On promotion on performance) The problem lies in the difficulty to define a meaningful measure of performance.

You can expect what you inspect.

There's only one good test of pornography. Get twelve normal men to read the book, and then ask them, Did you get an erection? If the answer is Yes from a majority of the twelve, then the book is pornographic.

One cannot review a bad book without showing off.

Atacar los libros malos no solo supone una pérdida de tiempo, sino que es malo para el carácter. Tratándose de un libro verdaderamente malo, el único interés que puede desprenderse de lo que escriba sobre él tendrá que provenir de mí mismo: de toda la inteligencia, ingenio y malicia que yo consiga desplegar. Es imposible reseñar un gran libro sin presunción.

People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

Whatever you do, good or bad, people will always have something negative to say

Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really bad, the only interest I can derive from writing about it has to come from myself, from such display of intelligence, wit and malice as I can contrive. One cannot review a bad book without showing off.

When a reviewer describes a book as 'sincere,' one knows immediately that it is a) insincere (insincerely insincere) and b) badly written.

A chance is what you take before you think about it. A calculated risk is what you take after you have evaluated all possible factors and have determined that risk

Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.

*You only get one chance to make a first impression.* Ah, whatever!!! Who said you get three chances to make the second impression?!!