“You and I can profit by asking ourselves: What do I see when I look through the lens of my attitude toward myself? Am I more a critic than a friend? Do I look beyond the surface blemishes to find the truly beautiful and unique person that I am? Or do I play the destructive "comparison game"? What verdict does the juror of my mind pass on me: "good at heart" or "guilty on all counts"?” MindLooksHeartPersonsDoeI CanSelfPlayBeautifulGamesAttitudeUniqueAskingCriticsProfitSurfaceGuiltyDestructiveComparisonLensesOf My MindMy AttitudeVerdictJurors Author:John Powell
“No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism.” MenShouldI CanBookMatterWould BeValuesOpinionMiddleOrdinaryCriticismCriticsUnnecessaryPublishersPublishAnticipatePrematureVerdict Author:Oscar Wilde
“What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.” DoorsJudgingAbsenceGuiltyAppealsAccusedDefenceSlanderVerdictClosed Doors Author:Philibert Joseph Roux
“Modern man's besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions.” MenFeelingsSacrificeModernCircumstancesPerceptionReflectionDirectIntuitionIntellectTemptationSpontaneousModern ManVerdict Book:Complete Essays: 1926-1929 Source: Complete Essays: 1926-1929
“Previously people were treated anonymously particular on a drugs situation which is obviously highly emotive. They have been treated anonymously even after the verdict had been reached.” PeopleHas BeensSituationParticularDrugTreatedVerdict Author:David Gill
“Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America - and for that matter, the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people.” PeopleIfsShouldMayDoeMatterGovernmentCareAmericaDependsCourtStrikesSupremeHealth CareSupreme CourtObamacareMandatesLimited GovernmentVerdict Author:William Kristol