Timothy Noah Quotes

Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight.

It's not the quantity of your decisions; it's the quality.

… test everything, and retain whatever is good.

Some information is important, and some is not, and intelligence consists in knowing one from the other.

Knowledge is not a guarantee of good political behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.

The judgment is an utensil proper for all subjects, and will have an oar in everything.

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.

I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.

Everyone complains of his memory, but no one complains of his judgment.

Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.

It is much easier to make the speeches than to finally make the judgments.

It is necessary to judge accurately the things that rest on opinion

Intelligence divorced from judgment produces nothing but foolishness.

The precept... is wise which directs us to try all things and hold fast that which is good

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders …?

At the end of the day, none of us are the Oracle of Delphi, so we don't get everything right. It's always good to be able to listen and to take on what seems to be the right thing to do.

The child has no way of knowing what's good information.

My responsibility is to make judgments about hard, complex issues that I believe to be right.

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

I would encourage you: be informed - knowledge is power.

We can all make better decisions when we're informed.

Why is it that common sense is seldom common practice?

Maybe, instead of putting our standards on other people, we should be very reticent, apprehensive, and deliberate and methodical in choosing whom we choose to elevate in the eyes of the public as role models.

We all have a limited amount of good judgment.