"But I am I. And I won't subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind"
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"The world is full of pots jeering at kettles."
"I'm kind of an accidental instrument, really, through which I hope that the judgment and the will of this nation can be expressed."
"If you think anyone goes out and commits crimes because of some daffy film they've seen, then I question your judgment."
"Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day."
"To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human."
"An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]"
"Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste."
"My job is to investigate whether or not a crime is committed, can be proved and should be charged. I'm not going to comment on what to make beyond that. You know, it's not my jurisdiction, not my job, not my judgment."
"If someone irritates you, it is only your own response that is irritating you. Therefore, when anyone seems to be provoking you, remember that it is only your judgment of the incident that provokes you. -"
"I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once, and cannot add up the sum. I am incapable of determining ultimate worth or worthlessness; I have no judgment about myself and my life. There is nothing I am quite sure about. I have no definite convictions - not about anything, really. I know only that I was born and exist, and it seems to me that I have been carried along. I exist on the foundation or something I do not know."
"The real disturbers of the peace are those who, in a free state, seek to curtail the liberty of judgment which they are unable to tyrannize over."
"Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but selection. Parsimony requires no providence, no sagacity, no powers of combination, no comparison, no judgment."
"At great cost to Himself, God has made it possible for each of us to live with Him eternally. Those who reject God's offer of a heavenly home will be assigned to hell."
"The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgment of reason, and perverts its liberty."
"Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things."
"They babble and talk absurdly who, in the place of God's providence, substitute bare permission - as if God sat in a watchtower awaiting chance events , and his judgments thus depended upon human will."
"You have to use your judgment. In cases like that, we say, 'let's be simple minded. We know this is a feature that's good for customers. Let's do it."
"Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment."
"People who live great stories know failure isn’t a judgment, it’s an education."