Judging Quotes - Page 51

There is torture of mind as well as body; the will is as much affected by fear as by force. And there comes a point where this Court should not be ignorant as judges of what we know as men.

There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.

When people know you've been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy.

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he is no longer a critic; he is a censor.

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they may alter the mode and application, but have no power over the substance of original justice.

It's only in silence that you can judge of your relationship to a person.

Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges.

It is God’s omnipotence, His consuming holiness, and His right to judge that make Him worthy to be feared.

A church of dialogue in the contemporary world... a church, taking on the mission of Jesus, which is in the world not to judge humanity, but to love it and to save it.

Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always based in reality or what my perception of the music was. But judging from playing these new songs live and my feelings on the record [Scream] – and it’s a great record – there is definitely an audience for it. Also, I don’t really go to clubs so I don’t know what sounds are made there.

If you want good behavior, don't pay on a commission basis. Our judges aren't paid so much a case. We keep them pretty well isolated with a fixed salary. Judges in this whole thing have come out pretty well - there have been relatively few scandals.

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges.

Persecution always says, 'I know the consequences of your opinion better than you know them yourselves.' But the language of toleration was always amicable, liberal, and just: it confessed its doubts, and acknowledged its ignorance ... Persecution had always reasoned from cause to effect, from opinion to action, [that such an opinion would invariably lead to but one action], which proved generally erroneous; while toleration led us invariably to form just conclusions, by judging from actions and not from opinions.

Age ain't nothing but a number, that's what Chi-Ali said. OK, then why don't you get that through the judge's head?

When you're offstage, that's the footprint. That's the man God's gonna judge.

None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.

By judging others, you make yourself easy to judge.

The first theme that every audience can get easily everywhere in the world is the theme of judgment. You are constantly judging if this character is doing something wrong or right, or the other character is doing something right or wrong.

Judge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many.

It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.

Thus it is thought that justice is equality; and so it is, but not for all persons, only for those that are equal. Inequality also is thought to be just; and so it is, but not for all, only for the unequal. We make bad mistakes if we neglect this for whom when we are deciding what is just. The reason is that we are making judgements about ourselves, and people are generally bad judges where their own interests are involved.

They who are to be judges must also be performers.

One usually dislikes a play while writing it, but afterward it grows on one. Let others judge and make decisions.

Please don't judge me too much until you are older and know more things. (Spoken from mother to daughter)