Judy Sheindlin Quotes

People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

Believe half of what you see and only some of what you hear, unless you hear it from me.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Don't let people treat you like you're stupid. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.

Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.

When people show you who they are, believe them. I carry that with me a lot. It has served me well.

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

That's the part I kept trying to say on Queen Radio: I don't have to believe you because you're saying it. I'm not saying you're a liar, I learned that long ago too. There's a big difference between you're a liar and I don't believe you.

I'm not Mr. Goody-Good or anything, but I'm not stupid.

If you have doubt about a person's humility or smarts, don't ignore it. More often than not, there is something causing that doubt.

People aren't suckers. Some are, perhaps. But most people inside know when we're being lied to.

If you didn't talk to me to write something, you're just making stuff up. You're going by what you think, what you're assuming. I leave it at that. Read it. Believe what you want. But at the end of the day, if you've got a real question, then just come up and ask me, and see who I am as a person.

If you look like you're hiding something, we're more likely to swipe left.

My biggest skill is common sense. I understand life.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.

The wisest man preaches no doctrines.

Always believe what you see - with your own eyes, that is. Always believe what you see. That's the best way to go about this business. I've heard a lot of things about a lot of people, and it was never true.

I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.

I can tell very quickly when people are lying.