Judging Character Quotes

Most women use more brains picking a horse in the third at Belmont than they do picking a husband

You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate.

Never trust a man who can dance.

J. Edgar Hoover, J. Bracken Lee, J. Parnell Thomas, J. Paul Getty -- you can always tell a shithead by that initial initial.

As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.

I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

I don't think you ever know anyone until you see them in action.

PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard of excellence.

You can measure a man's worth by the breed of person he throws out of his office.

I think that a lot of times, I trust people I shouldn't, and it turns out right, and it makes me feel a little better about it.

We judge nothing so hastily as character, and yet there is nothing over which we should be more cautious.... I have always found that the so-called bad people improve on closer acquaintance, while the good fall off.

If I haven't played with a player before and I don't know anything about them, the more they tell me about themselves, the better I will be able to judge how they think and how they play.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

Judge a man's character by what he finds ridiculous.

To judge human character rightly, a man may sometimes have very small experience, provided he has a very large heart.

It's human nature to want to think the best of others, but if you listen carefully, people will always tell you who they are.

Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.

Sir, I cannot look into men’s minds; I can only judge of men’s motives by their conduct.

I may be mistaken but it seems to me that a man may be judged by his laugh, and that if at first encounter you like the laugh of a person completely unknown to you, you may say with assurance that he is good.

The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.

Absolutely. I think, I think the American people, at their core, are a decent people. I think that we still have prejudice in our midst, but I think that the vast majority of Americans are willing, are willing to judge people on the basis of their ideas and their character. And in the case of the presidency, I think what's most important is whether the American people think that you understand their hopes and dreams and struggles and whether they think you can actually help them achieve those hopes and dreams.

Whether the man is an atheist or a Christian, I would judge him by his fruits, and I have therefore many agnostic friends.

Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.

That's the sad thing about it, is that you don't know. And you certainly don't know when you quickly meet somebody. But even as you know somebody longer, it's really hard to know. Obviously you go on your gut feeling but that can be wrong too. ANd it's terrible to have to be wary about people, because it is not my nature, but I've been burned a few times and you just have to careful.