#judgment

We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment. ↗

— Paul Haggis

#could #go #his way #i #i think

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us. ↗

— Learned Hand

#doubts #down #flow #insufficient #judgments

I dyed my hair about 42 different colours, and kids can be pretty judgmental about people who are different. But instead of breaking down and conforming, I stood firm. That is also probably why I was unhappy. ↗

— Christina Hendricks

#also #breaking #colours #conforming #different

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom. ↗

— Dee Hock

#also #different #employ #essential #humility

If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#church #church power #clergy #denied #faith

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste. ↗

— Voltaire

#books #fame #independent-thought #judgment #opinions

One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance. ↗

— John Barrow

#cost #element #everything #fortune #good

Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears. ↗

— Charles D. Broad

#falsehood #fears #hopes #influenced #judgment

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#arts #branch #comprehension #difficult #errors

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#flies #heart #judgment #out #pains