George Eliot Quotes

We have all our secret sins; and if we knew ourselves we should not judge each other harshly.

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• I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • History
  • Taken
  • Judge

• My hair and make-up secret is 'the messier the better.'

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Up
  • Hair
  • Better

• Secret families are really the bedrock issue of Western literature.

  

  Tayari Jones
  • Literature
  • Secret
  • Western

• The West German population would protest passionately if it knew what secret meetings between the federal chancellor, McCoy, and foreign and Nazi generals are planning.

  

  Walter Ulbricht
  • Secret
  • Planning
  • German

• There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Judge
  • Vote
  • Presidential

• Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • People
  • Live
  • Die

• My secret with kale is to add lots of sweet or sharp flavours to offset some of that grassy intensity.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Sweet
  • Secret
  • Offset

• Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Children
  • Parents
  • Judge

• Don't let the secret recipe die with the inventor.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Die
  • Secret
  • Recipe

• He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Men
  • Heart
  • Man

• I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

  

  Sally Field
  • Time
  • Long
  • Eyes

• Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Lost
  • Forgiveness
  • Sins

• To me, spirituality means 'no matter what.' One stays on the path, one commits to love, one does ones work; one follows one's dream; one shares, tries not to judge, no matter what.

  

  Yehuda Berg
  • Work
  • Dream
  • Judge

• I think it is up to the judge to say what the Constitution provided, even if what it provided is not the best answer, even if you think it should be amended. If that's what it says, that's what it says.

  

  Antonin Scalia
  • Up
  • Judge

• If you're going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you're not always going to like the conclusions you reach. If you like them all the time, you're probably doing something wrong.

  

  Antonin Scalia
  • Time
  • Good
  • Judge

• I don't know if One Direction will stand the test of time. I have a niece who goes crazy for them. But the only way to judge art is to wait and see if it becomes evergreen. This takes a bit of time. Adele is a very good musician and I'd like to sing with her. But, again, time will tell if her music will become evergreen.

  

  Andrea Bocelli
  • Time
  • Good
  • Music

• As a former federal judge, I am cognizant of the legal issues. As governor, I am forced to deal with their ramifications.

  

  Brian Sandoval
  • Judge

• Talent is talent, but fashion is separate, and it shouldn't be used to judge me as a singer.

  

  Alessia Cara
  • Fashion
  • Judge

• Whether you want to admit it or not, people begin to judge you the minute you walk in the door.

  

  Bill Rancic
  • People
  • Door
  • Judge

• Something was different since even before I can remember. I was always enthralled with things the girls were doing. Whenever my parents were gone, I would experiment with my mother's makeup. And wondered why I enjoyed doing that Wondered why I couldn't carry a purse.

  

  J. M. Roberts
  • Enjoyed
  • Carry
  • Wondered

• It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery. These may, perhaps, succeed for once, and borrow for awhile, from hope, a gay and flourishing appearance. But time betrays their weakness, and they fall into ruin of themselves. For, as in structures of every kind, the lower parts should have the greatest firmness--so the grounds and principles of actions should be just and true.

  

  Demosthenes
  • Time
  • May
  • Power

• Generally, or at least very often, people with a deep interest in animals are the best people around.

  

  Roger Caras
  • People
  • Best
  • Interest

• We have all our secret sins; and if we knew ourselves we should not judge each other harshly.

  

  George Eliot
  • Judge
  • Secret
  • Sins