Judgments Quotations

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.

There are different ways that kids who are gay take on the rejection and alienation they feel. The way I dealt with it was to say, 'You know what? You're imposing judgments on me and condemnations, but I don't accept them. I'm going to instead turn the light on you and see what your flaws are and impose the same judgmental standards on you.'

Judgments and secrets are what make a good novel.

The journalistic code of ethics governing the broadcasts requires that opposing views be presented, and that journalists' personal opinions or judgments be left out of factual reporting.

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.

You have multiple intelligence agencies. They all ultimately report to the director of national intelligence but, you know, it never comes in neat packages. So you have to make judgments on what you have, and it's not easy to do.

Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities.

I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.

It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on what you look like. I'm black. So I'm supposed to think a certain way. I'm supposed to have certain opinions. I don't do that. You don't create a box and put people in and then make a lot of generalizations about them.

It is a mistake to suppose that the Supreme Court is either honoured or helped by being spoken of as beyond criticism. On the contrary, the life and character of its justices should be the objects of constant watchfulness by all, and its judgments subject to the freest criticism.

I guess none of us like to look back in our lives to a time when we made poor judgments and foolish mistakes.

It is evident that it is the belief of Christian people in this country and in all other enlightened portions of the world that as a nation, we have passed through a severe ordeal - that severe judgments have been poured out upon us on account of the manner in which a poor, oppressed race was treated in this country.

I feel like there is always a rumor that I'm dating someone that I never met before. People have their judgments and ideas of who I am, and they know nothing.

What's exciting about theatre is observing human behaviour. You're constantly making judgments about body language, the physical, the emotional, the intellectual.

In dealing with the China problem, the British and American side, which had particularly strong interests in China, should have based its judgments about the origins of the problem on direct observation of the actual circumstances at the time.

Any lazy or biased fool can have opinions; making judgments is the hard work of responsible and compassionate people.

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.

In uniform, I had to make judgments about the best course of action in combat when the only choices were 'bad' or 'worse.' As a member of the media, I only had to decide how to get the best 'shot' - preferably without getting shot.

Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.

What lists and awards don't measure - and I feel this strongly - is the lasting value of any work of art. They're a snapshot of a moment, and one should always consider their judgments in that context.

We need to make judgments, of course - to observe what works and what doesn't, but not to be judgmental. Being judgmental is a form of madness that screams powerlessness and ruthlessness. When we can make good judgments and update them and not stay rigid, we come from goodwill and promote goodwill back to us.

Let's be honest, what are we? Twelve and five? We've played 17 games. I think we ought to reserve those kind of judgments and statements to much later down the road.

Shareholders will be able to make better judgments about compensation, and that can translate into how you vote for directors.

On a personal level, I've known Jon since his days back in the '80s as a staff member of the ACC. He's a guy who listens, processes information and then, I think, makes very good judgments in terms of the things we may be discussing at a particular point in time.

Some concrete judgments have to be made. There is a long list of practical questions that need to be addressed, starting with which price index they should use, what the specific number or range should be, and to what time period it should apply.

Models work when they are appropriate for the particular circumstance, but some of the best investment judgments over time have come when people recognized that models derived in other periods were broken or not directly relevant.

My first priority is to provide perspective, ... This story is so broad-reaching and there are so many elements. I don't want people to make their judgments based on one report. We should never be in a position where we're firing up a mob. I don't think it's our job to beat people up.

No credible analysis of an accounting failure would suggest that the appropriate role of the chief executive officer was to substitute his own accounting judgments for those of the professionals.

Men and machines are good at different things. People form plans and make decisions in complicated situations. We are less good at making sense of enormous amounts of data. Computers are exactly the opposite: they excel at efficient data processing but struggle to make basic judgments that would be simple for any human.

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

Next week, the press, the American people will begin to hear a very different story about his record, his experiences, some of the judgments he's made.

Only practices that do not compromise independent judgments of health providers, such as modest working meals, gifts of minimal value that support the medical practice and distribution of free samples are permitted.

I believe that, on balance, the (institutions) have made sensible judgments, ... and have adjusted their judgments when appropriate.

Getting people on the bench that are not morally confused or afraid to make judgments based in decency is the solution.

I don't understand why he was invited to give a victim impact statement. Why Mayor Giuliani? I don't think he needs closure, and he didn't lose loved ones. I think his judgments caused loved ones to be lost.

I don't think it's all locked up for Gore ... People make their own independent judgments in this matter. My approach is going right to the members.

We can extrapolate that out and make some judgments about the service we're offering parents. Parents are happy with what we're doing. We can always do more, but it gave us a good idea of what's possible.

We try to error on the side of safety, but sometimes those judgments are not accurate,

What I look at is we have to play hard every game and we have to do a better job of reacting to situations in the game in the best possible way. When anyone gets result-oriented that's when their judgments get clouded.

He's a believer in the fact that a judge has a limited role to play and has a responsibility to play the role in an honest fashion ? that you're not supposed to substitute your personal judgments for what the law is.

We make the judgments based upon the security measures that are in place, the risk that's assessed, coordination with the other government?and I think we've made some really good decisions.

I think it is a wait-and-see situation. I certainly enjoyed the atmosphere at Ridder. It was perfect for girls' hockey. We will have to just wait and make judgments after we see how it goes.

It is not hard to conclude that no military solution seems possible despite the fact that the war seesaws, and one side gains or loses, ... It does seem rational --and sometimes rationality doesn't inform all of these judgments -- that the two sides should negotiate together.

I think that unless you can take judgments of right and wrong like an automaton, you must have emotions because that is our only way of moral guidance.

I think they took the information we gave, and made the judgments they thought were necessary, ... And, the American people have got to know that we're collecting information, and sharing it with local authorities on a timely basis, and that's important.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for me to make impartial and unbiased judgments in my field of work.

People are quick to pass judgments based on the results of games. This is a long-term venture we're involved in. These are college kids playing. When one group outplays the other, they deserve the victory.

People are quick to pass judgments based on the results of games, ... This is a long-term venture we're involved in. These are college kids playing. When one group outplays the other, they deserve the victory.

Our attitudes, opinions, beliefs and judgments are, simply put, our attitudes, opinions, beliefs and judgments. They are not universal truths.

We had all sorts of judgments about where the economy is heading before the hurricane. The hurricane alters our judgments.

We don't have some message from God that gives us a list of what's good and what's not good. Obviously, we have to make our own flawed judgments about each thing.

We're not trying to tell students what they should think or what the right answers are, because many of these topics are very complex, they change rapidly and do not offer easy solutions. But we do hope people who take courses such as this will grow a little, mature their judgments and reflect more carefully on some important issues.

The executive committee is powered by the board. Sometimes the activity is so intense and so time driven that we have to make judgments very very quickly and we do electronic approval by the board.

Well, the two judgments did not affect me, as it is normal in international matches.

What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the genre of reality like it's television from the devil, and that's something that I don't like because I think everybody should watch what they like. It's a free world. It's a form of democracy. If you like it, watch. If you don't like it, don't watch.

There are independents ... who make their judgments at any particular moment based on how they feel and where they think the country is headed,

To make our idea of morality center on forbidden acts is to defile the imagination and to introduce into our judgments of our fellow-men a secret element of gusto.

There is something terribly nervous-making about a modern existence. For one thing, it's all the thinking we have to do and all the judgments we have to make. It's the price of freedom: make the judgments, make the mental calls,

You guys can make your own judgments on that. Obviously, I'm not trying to throw the ball to the other team.

We try to refrain from making value judgments -- what the motive is. But the fact is that (Wal-Mart was) there with trailer trucks being turned away. Amazing, isn't it?

We are aware of the situation. We will continue to monitor the situation and make any judgments about disciplinary matters when we are comfortable that we know all of the facts involved.

Criminal prosecution and penalties provide deterrence in a way that civil judgments cannot,

The time for people to make judgments is when the studies are complete. It's only then when we know what the potential impacts will be.

The ruling confirms the pattern of judgments supporting the University's position and the original jury verdict that Microsoft infringed on our patented technology and should provide fair compensation for its use in their products.

The soldiers are seen as a 'presence'. There are no judgments made, for sure,

Psychology does not know what good and evil are in themselves; it knows them only as judgments about relationships.

Properly presented, I think the routine publication of data would provide added information to reach fundamental judgments about exchange rate regimes.

Our enemies approach nearer to truth in their judgments of us than we do ourselves.

People's judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to attain designated types of performances.

After letting these families fight for several years to seek justice and after they succeeded in obtaining judgments from the courts, the administration has blocked them at every turn.

As hard as Leon was working, I thought he had opportunities to go after the rim a few times, and we came away with no basket and a foul. In my opinion, there were some questionable judgments in those situations.

This is bad; this is good - can such judgments be ever made about anything in God's creation when all are manifestations of His will?

This is someone we've been pursuing for three years. It's one of the largest judgments we've received.

A taxi driver asked me about that the other day. It's too early to judge the players. I've played four or five games, probably three of them in the middle of the park which is my position, so I think it's too early for me to be to making judgments and statements about other teams and players.

It's extremely important that we bring clarity to this question of 'who's in charge' long in advance of an actual crisis, or else the potential for chaos and delay on the scene will be very real if, God forbid, we are actually confronted by one of these nightmare scenarios. So this is not an abstract argument, ... While the Defense Department will have the legal responsibility to assist civil authorities, when requested, in the event of a serious crisis -- and indeed has resources, troops, and capabilities that no other agency can duplicate -- the new rubric outlined in the National Response Plan clearly identifies the secretary of Homeland Security as the guy at the top making judgments about how the federal government will respond.

It is rather unlikely that memos signed by the deputy solicitor general will be crassly or even overtly political. What is said will be said, almost certainly, in terms of supposed 'professional' judgments about what would persuade the Supreme Court.

It's kind of like letting people inside the newsroom. They can see the raw process. They can see the judgments that different networks make -- some being cautious, some being not so cautious, and they can make up their own minds about who's right, who's wrong and what remains to be seen.

It's pretty hard to go back to the dawn of time, when this whole thing seemed to have started. In fairness, you have to pick it up where it is and make judgments on whether you think it should go forward. And we decided that yes, it should.

The notion that our community does not challenge standing judgments is absurd.

They can attempt to search for their child's profile. Don't only search for them by name. Search by school. Don't overreact. Don't yank the modem out of the wall. Focus on the fact that if they're not careful, they're a sitting duck. Don't get into value judgments about their taste and their issues. Knives in the hands of a chef can to productive things. But knives in the hands of a child who isn't trained to use it can be dangerous.

They will have to think through their scripts and make their own judgments just as newspaper editors and TV producers do.

It's not a loophole. It's an issue of validity and reliability in making judgments on schools based on student test scores.

The fact, the reality is this: this investigation is active and it is at a sensitive stage, with ongoing evaluative judgments; those judgments have not been made, ... an office prepared to complete its tasks.

Im incredibly lucky to still be around, doing all the things I want to do and getting extremely well paid for it. Theres a parallel with golfa lot of it is in the mind, and the moment you start to lose the enthusiasm or appetite, it affects your judgments and decisions. And then you stop performing well. I think enthusiasm and appetite are more important than anything.

I love to write about Nabokov and also to think about him. I love his attitude that he is incomparable, his lofty judgments and general scorn of other writers - not all of them, of course.

I like the opportunity to get together with these coaches I've known over the years and exchange ideas. I think the process lends itself to sound judgments and a thorough evaluation of the teams. I think that we do have some credibility.

If Roush Racing (or) if Mark Martin can't do his business at Kansas City or Charlotte or Atlanta, then we're in desperate trouble and definitely not on our game, ... What happened here is reflected in that the cars were well-driven, they were well-prepared by hardworking teams and the judgments that the crew chiefs made were excellent.

I hope nobody is making judgments about the inquiry before it's done. Bud will make whatever decision Bud makes and we'll go from there.

I probably won't make any judgments until the third week in March.

In my opinion, those were questionable judgments in those situations. If he had gotten a couple of those 'and-1s,' I think there would have been a different flow.

Can I emphasize that these judgments are made by highly experienced, highly professional military officers, ... This is not something in which politicians would seek to interfere.

He started to find himself in the uncomfortable position of being chief market strategist, ... It sounded almost like was making judgments in the valuation of stock prices. He just wants to let invest know there is some risk.

I can't speak to how valid it might have been at that time. But it seems to me the information is collected, is collated, and judgments are made and warnings are issued

ICC position has been consistent: we say to governments that we don't take decisions based on political judgments - we expect governments to do that.

How little do they see what really is, who frame their judgments upon that which seems

And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.

The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar judgments - success

Men's judgments areA parcel of their fortunes; and things outwardDo draw the inward quality after them,To suffer all alike.

I think that given how closely divided the court is and given the magnitude of some of the decisions that will probably be coming down during the course of his tenure on the court that I will be flying blind a little bit. There's no way to tell how his judgments will come down on some of these critical issues.