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Judge Quotes

Passing judgment, and what it says about the one doing it.

Several of these quotes turn the idea of judging back on the judger - animals accepting people without judgment, or the notion that judging another really just defines yourself. Continue with I Am.

We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then, just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

After the French Revolution, it was not the treason of the king that was in question; it was the existence of the king. You have to be very careful when you judge and execute somebody for being a symbol.

Quotes by Adam Michnik

There is no room on the federal bench for a judge who does not treat all people as equal before the law.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

You don't judge a book by a cover. I'm not your typical rap look.

Quotes by Action Bronson

I Am Quotes

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

Abraham Lincoln

It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?

Quotes by Aaron Neville

They just brought it up to me and said, 'Hey, this is what we're going to do.' They're going to put out a section and call it Judge's Chambers and give them little judge outfits, and we'll see what happens....

Quotes by Aaron Judge

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.

Quotes by Aaron Hill

Never judge a stranger by his clothes.

Quotes by Zachary Taylor

Law Quotes

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.

Quotes by Wilson Mizner

O! Desolated Scotland, too credulous of fair speeches, and not aware of the calamities which are coming upon you! If you were to judge as I do, you would not easily put your neck under a foreign yoke.

Quotes by William Wallace

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Quotes by William O. Douglas

All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.

Quotes by William Hogarth

Faith properly informs the religious lawyer or judge, and morality is not in tension with fidelity to the law.

Quotes by William H. Pryor

Man Quotes

Men are what they see and judge; though some do not fill up their light, yet none go beyond it.

Quotes by William Gurnall

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to...

Quotes by William Ellery Channing

A Supreme Court justice must convince at least four colleagues to bind the federal government nationwide, whereas a district court judge issuing a nationwide injunction needn't convince anyone.

Quotes by William Barr

I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge...

Quotes by Wilfrid Laurier

The thing about animals is that they don't judge you. They accept you the way you are.

Quotes by Wendy O. Williams

Me Quotes

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Quotes by Wayne Dyer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these quotes focus on judges in the legal sense, or judging people in general?
Mostly the latter - most quotes here are about the everyday act of judging other people or art, with only one referring to a judge in the courtroom sense.
Is there a quote about animals not judging people?
Yes - "The thing about animals is that they don't judge you. They accept you the way you are." It's a common comfort quoted for its simplicity, contrasting animal acceptance with human judgment.
What's the quote about judging others revealing something about yourself?
"When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." It flips the usual framing - judgment says more about the person making it than the person being judged.
Is there a quote specifically about judging art?
Yes - "Never judge a work of art by its defects," a reminder to weigh a piece by its strengths rather than fixating on its flaws.
What's the courtroom-related quote here about?
"The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates," a simple structural description of how a courtroom trial actually works. For related themes, see our Law quotes or People quotes pages.

Others take a more literal legal angle, describing the judge's role in a courtroom setup. Browse further at Law or Man.