Quotes About Evaluation

non numerantur sed ponderantur (They are not counted but weighed)

today they are usually called the Fresnel integrals. One does still see them also called the Euler integrals, however, and it was Euler who first evaluated them.

How are you treating the people around you? In God's eyes, that's an indicator of your true spiritual condition. For a New Testament perspective, see James 2:14–18.

On the political as on the economic front it's important not to fall into the "not as bad as" trap. High unemployment isn't O.K. just because it hasn't hit 1933 levels; ominous political trends shouldn't be dismissed just because there's no Hitler in sight.

Men generally don't do any self-examining unless they get criticized by a woman first.

Would you want to be judged by people too stupid to get out of jury duty?

It is the mark of an educated man to be able to evaluate a thought without accepting it. ARISTOTLE

I'd like to hear your opinion on this piece of Beethoven. And remember, it is not Beethoven who is being examined here.

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.

Our judgements judge us; and nothing reveals us [or] exposes our weaknesses more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.

There are pigeonholes in the brain with labels on them such as: To be looked into when I feel like it; Never to be thought of; Useless to follow up; Contents as yet unexamined; A blind alley; A rich vein, but exploitable only in another existence; Urgent; Dangerous; A hard nut to crack; Impossible; Discarded; Put in storage; None of my business; In my line; A teaser…and so forth.

Vooruitgang is een moreel oordeel van een wezen dat zichzelf o zo graag in de spiegel bekijkt.

Functioneringsgesprekken zijn de nieuwste versie van de biecht, zij het zonder kans op absolutie.

few managers appreciate the range of metrics by which they can evaluate marketing strategies and dynamics. Fewer still understand the pros, cons, and nuances of each.

We do energy assessments not energy audits. An energy audit is where you tell someone they are doing something wrong. An Assessment is where we help someone to do something right

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

Verbalistic lessons, reading requirements,3 the methods for evaluating "knowledge," the distance between the teacher and the taught, the criteria for promotion: everything in this ready-to-wear approach serves to obviate thinking.

There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace?

Y un juego vil que no hay que jugarlo a ciegas, pues juegas cien veces, mil, y de las mil, ves febril que o te pasas o no llegas. Y el no llegar da dolor, pues indica que mal tasas y eres del otro deudor. Mas ¡ay de ti si te pasas! ¡Si te pasas es peor!

We all have friends we love dearly that couldn't pass for human in a strict Turing test.

Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race.

The value is always in the eye of the beholder. What is worthless to one person may be very important to someone else.

If you don't believe this, think what would happen if a teacher gave all A's. The teacher would have a problem.

Dynamic testing has three steps. Step 1: a test of some kind—perhaps an experience or a paper exam—shows me where I come up short in knowledge or a skill. Step 2: I dedicate myself to becoming more competent, using reflection, practice, spacing, and the other techniques of effective learning. Step 3: I test myself again, paying attention to what works better now but also, and especially, to where I still need more work.