Quotes About Evaluation

Society is a revolving body which is apt to be judged according to its place in each man's heaven; and at present it was turning its illuminated face to Lily.

Society is a revolving body which is apt to be judged according to its place in each man's heaven; and at present it was turning its illuminated face to Lily.

THE TOUCHSTONE

It's hard to evaluate the validity of a belief you're scarcely aware of—you just accept it as is.

classic (though one that I cannot help thinking a little overrated), and there is no point in describing her poetry here.

Critical thinking does seem a superior sort of thinking because it seems as though the critic is actually going beyond the scope of what is being criticized in order to criticize it. That is only rarely a true assumption because, most often, the critic will seize on some little aspect that he or she understands and tackle only that.

Notwithstanding the propensity of mankind to exalt the past, and to depreciate the present

Frank Master wasn't really her lover yet. Though he didn't quite know it, he was still on trial. She found him intelligent, kindly, somewhat ignorant of opera, but maybe improvable.

last year, says Guido. A bit less sugar and slightly higher total acidity. That's just what he wanted. Still, he tries to find a few nits to pick.

On the Day of Judgement, God will interrogate people according to the wisdom he has granted them.

Much of what we call emotion is nothing more or less than a certain kind - a biased, prejudiced, or strongly evaluative kind - of thought.

LSD trips and the space flights of the astronauts are comparable in many respects. Both enterprises require very careful preparations, as far as measures for safety as well as objectives are concerned, in order to minimize dangers and to derive the most valuable results possible. The astronauts cannot remain in space nor the LSD experimenters in transcendental spheres, they have to return to earth and everyday reality, where the newly acquired experiences must be evaluated.

Why is it [the unexamined life] not worth living? The unexamined life does not ponder questions like this: Who am I? Where am I? What ought I to do? What may I hope? The unexamined life does not evaluate alternative futures. It "lives with the flow." The unexamined life hears no evil and sees no evil. It is devoid of critical self-assessment. The unexamined life stifles the breath of reason. It violates a distinctive human capacity.

As persons committed to the examined life, each of us must take a stand on each of these questions--however provisional and preliminary that stand may be.

I always wanted to watch with my own eyes without having my judgement swayed by the filters of others.

I never allowed my personal feelings about a particular player to cloud my judgement about what was best for the team.

Jamie Carragher trained with United as a youngster. When he was with us he was a midfielder and a mundane, run-of-the-mill player.

El juez supremo del rendimiento es el Padre Tiempo.

A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.

her interest was not the beginning of a friendship but more of a measuring. She

Let such teach others who themselves excel,And censure freely who have written well.

Some judge of authors' names, not works, and thenNor praise nor blame the writings, but the men.

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.

Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?