Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.


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Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.
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We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingn...
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Some questions are more complicated than their answers could be.
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DAVID GROSS
Historically, I think you can really judge a person by their shoes.
EDGARDO OSORIO
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
RICHARD FEYNMAN
Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
TACITUS
Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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You have to learn to ask questions in a way that will elicit more nuanced answers, rather than the a...
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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more questions than answers.
ALEXANDER YAKOVENKO
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Words can change their meaning, just by repeating them.
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Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
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Better to make a person realise their mistakes than raise their defenses by accusing them.
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We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions.
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We judge others by their actions; we judge ourselves by our intentions.
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Its not always best to judge a person by what they do, sometimes you must look to their intentions b...
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Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.
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Judge a man by the comments of his neighbour rather than by the words of his mother.
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The questions are always more important than the answers.
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As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself And myself replied to me; And the questions myself t...
BERNARD BARTON
It creates an unworkable situation with more questions than answers.
BRIAN WELCH
It creates an unworkable situation … with more questions than answers.
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I would say they also raise more questions than answers.
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Judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.
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When pondering the limits of the universe, we are confronted by more questions then answers, conside...
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The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.
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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviour.
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The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.
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Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.
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By the time I’ve finished with you,
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Sometimes God answers our questions with questions.
ANN VOSKAMP
We are inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts
HAROLD NICHOLSON
Always look to understand rather than to judge.
AARON SANTOS
I'd rather wonder than get answers I couldn't live with.
JOHN GREEN
The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.
SIMON SINEK
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
JAMES THURBER
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
JAMES THURBER
The Wilderness holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask.
NANCY NEWHALL
The Wilderness holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask.
NANCY WYNNE NEWHALL
The governor promised full disclosure, but this report raises more questions than it answers,
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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Always judge someone by their heart and emotions, not by the words they say.
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You can tell a lot about a person's priorities in life by reading their will.
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I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them
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Questions are great, but only if you know the answers. If you ask questions and the answers surprise...
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Not all questions can be answered.
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