You, as a manager, are judged on results and not on the work you do and the performance of the team. Imagine paying a guy a huge amount of money and then judging him not on the things he can control, but on those he can’t.

Judgments prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

Economic decisions should be based on rational analysis and informed judgment.

Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.

Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains

Dad almost died of a heart attack in the middle of making Apocalypse Now, the biggest movie of his life. It doesn’t make you want to jump into that business.

I put confidence in the American people, in their ability to sort through what is fair and what is unfair, what is ugly and what is unugly.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.