hasty judgment Quotes

Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance

The forming of general maxims from particular observation is a very nice operation; and nothing is more usual, from haste or a narrowness of mind, which sees not on all sides, than to commit mistakes in this particular.

How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems.

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.

You elect a President for four years and then you judge him in 100 days.

All haste implies weakness.

One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day.

Please do not understand me too quickly.

Man is too quick at forming conclusions.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

They, therefore, who are hasty in their devotions and think a little will do, are strangers both to the nature of devotion and the nature of man; they do not know that they are to learn to pray, and that prayer is to be learnt as they learn other things, by frequency, constancy, and perseverance.

Everybody generalizes from one example. At least, I do.

Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.

It slightly worries me that when people find a problem, they rush to judgment of what to do.

You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom.

Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions.

Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.

First thoughts are not always the best.

Nonsense, when earnest, is impressive, and sometimes takes you in. If you are in a hurry, you occasionally mistake it for sense.

Ready comprehension is often a knee-jerk response and the most dangerous form of understanding. It blinks an opaque screen over your ability to learn. The judgmental precedents of law function that way, littering your path with dead ends. Be warned. Understand nothing. All comprehension is temporary.

We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines.

Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

It's very easy to listen to one comment and make a snap judgment.