"The act is judged of by the event."

-- Ovid

#Events Quotes #Judged Quotes

“MR.GOUDY: I believe you testified that you backed away from Aaron Wharton. MR.COGBURN: That is right. MR.GOUDY: You were backing away? MR.COGBURN: Yes sir. He had that ax raised. MR.GOUDY: Which direction were you going? MR.COGBURN: I always go backwards when I am backing up.”

Source : Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.65, A&C Black
“How much more of the mosque, of prayer and fasting? Better go drunk and begging round the taverns. Khayyam, drink wine, for soon this clay of yours Will make a cup, bowl, one day a jar. When once you hear the roses are in bloom, Then is the time, my love, to pour the wine; Houris and palaces and Heaven and Hell- These are but fairy-tales, forget them all.”
“Like the pain of a bad wound, the effect of a deep shock takes some while to be felt. When a child is told, for the first time in his life, that a person he has known is dead, although he does not disbelieve it, he may well fail to comprehend it and later ask--perhaps more than once--where the dead person is and when he is coming back.”

Source : Richard Adams (2014). “Watership Down”, p.187, Oneworld Publications
“When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits)Â success is about proving youâ€™re smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other (the world of changing qualities)Â itâ€™s about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself.”

Source : Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.15, Random House
“My dancers are the real stars,”
“Successful stocks don't tell you when to sell. When you feel like bragging, it's probably time to sell.”
“Why should he be spared?' 'Someone ought to be.' And it will not be me. I have survived, but I have not been spared.”
“It's definitely more fun playing a bad guy. It feels a lot better than playing one of the good guys.”

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