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"Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that's because they don't understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments are. It's hard to measure new songs."
"Because anybody can write, but not everybody invents new forms of writing. Gertrude Stein invented a new form of writing and her imitators are just "talents.""
"Even though we have lost yardsticks by which to measure, and rules under which to subsume the particular, a being whose essence is a beginning may have enough of origin within himself to understand without preconceived categories and to judge without the set of customary rules which is morality."
"Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments"
"There are things greater than our wisdom, beyond our justice. The right and wrong of this we cannot say, and it is not for us to judge."
"There is another way of disqualifying the metaphysicians.... Judge them by their works. What have they done for mankind beyond the spinning of airy fancies and the mistaking of their own shadows for gods?"
"[James vowed again to] use the National Guard and state troopers to prevent the removal [of Judge Roy Moore's Commandments display]."
"Never judge a cover by its book."
"Be honest: Are you surprised that I didn't realize sooner? Are you surprised that it took me so long to even /think/ the word -- death? Dying? Dead? Do you think I was being stupid? Naive? Try not to judge. Remember that we're the same, you and me. I thought I would live forever too."
"I am really excited about Battle of the Stars, the line-up looks fantastic. I've no doubt that despite their fame my hand holding will still be in high demand as they take on the judges often harsh words. Lets just hope I'm not having to mop up too many tears!"
"That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want to talk about mechanics."
"The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding."
"History and the generations to come will judge our leaders by the decisions they make in the coming weeks."
"If thou canst see sharp, look and judge wisely, says the philosopher."
"Let it judge that nothing is either bad or good which can happen equally to the bad man and the good. For that which happens equally to him who lives contrary to nature and to him who lives according to nature, is neither according to nature nor contrary to nature."
"Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?"
"When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain."
"I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions. I would like to leave everything wide open to all the possibilities in the world."
"There are some disguised falsehoods so like truths, that 'twould be to judge ill not to be deceived by them."
"Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune."
