Do you judge a book by its cover?

Never judge a man/woman by their clothes and a book by its cover.Its just a "cover"

When I was younger I guess I did but not now. Why did I change? Well my daughter was working at Wal-Mart and I was there to pick her up from work so I purchased a few items and was about to get in line at a register when a man dressed in coveralls and old work boots told me that another line was empty. I said thanks and was about to walk away when he asked if I had found everything I was looking for. He went on to ask if I thought that the items I had were at a fair price. I guess he saw the look I had on my face so he put out his hand smiled and said "I'm Sam Walton and you are?" That's when I almost fainted. He sure didn't look like a man who had millions. I have since learned that the way a person dresses doesn't really tell us anything about that person. So now I try to get to know them for who they really are and not for how they look.

Container is not much of relevence. It is the contents that matters. I always go by the reiews of the books that is given in our weekly newspaper and accordingly the books have been purchased. 20% of our decision go by other readers who have immense appreciation for the author and the cotents of the book.

I never judge people by their looks on the outside. I got to know a Transgendered Pagan Woman and she is homeless. She is a true friend. I looked what's in her heart. She is beautiful on the inside and out.

Sometimes I tend to judge a person by their outward appearance, but I do give them a benefit of the doubt. Even if I tend to have opinions about them based on my first impression of them, I try to to keep that opinion to myself because it may not be true at all. But I do treat people with respect. I give them respect no matter how or what they look like. I can only truly judge a person by their character when I get too talk to them and see their actions. I do believe in the innate goodness everybody has in them.

It is in my best interest to never judge a book by its cover. The reason why I would not judge a book by its cover is for the simple fact you never know that is inside. I know this is a metaphore, however it holds true for every aspect of life. I remember this one time where there seemed to be a man dressed in the most raggedy of clothing. It turned out that he was a CEO of a coporation. Now, others judged him because they thought that he was just some poor old man. However, when they found that he was a big time CEO, all of a sudden, there feelings changed. Saying all that to say, I do not want to be the type of person who feels silly, and ignorant, for judging a book by its cover.

I don't judge a person by their looks. In fact, it works the other way. If I really like a person, I think they are beautiful (even though the rest of the world thinks they aren't)...and if I really don't like them as a person, I find no beauty in them at all (they can be Miss Universe for all I care). But I know someone who judges a person as soon as she sees them and she's always right! Like you said, it works for her!

No, I never judge people by their appearance. Neither does my daughter. I brought her up to mix & relate to people based on common interests (with friends),politeness & respect. Their appearance, religion & political beliefs dont enter into the equation.

Many years ago, my son collected rocks, one of his favorites was a geode. A geode is a pretty boring rock on the outside, but on the inside, have the potential to be very pretty. People are the same way, you can't judge the whole person by the outside, because the inside can be very different. I certainly try to not judge a book by it's cover!

I do my best not to judge a person by their looks because I know too well that what is inside can be totally different and what's inside is far more important. I like to say you can wrap up a cow paddy in a pretty package but it's still cow poop.

To a certain extent, I assess a person from his appearance. However, I do not mark the person because of my assessment. He still gets a chance if does not leave a good impression on me. However, I do not condone his actions if he behaves differently from his outlooks. He would have discounted himself greatly.

No, not at all. I think its wrong to judge someone for the way they look. We dont know their story so we shouldnt judge. I know i wouldnt want someone doing that to me. So i dont do it. But your right theres probably a lot of people that do do it.

yes , a book with a plain cover would attact me strongly ,despite it is not a good book!

Hi,there! I never judge people by their appearances.We all know that appearance can't really tell how's this person.I also don't judge a book by its cover cause I've seen many books which have good contents but not very nice looking covers.Whenever I make friends,I pay much attention to their virtue--things inside,but not apperances.Thanks for the discussion and have a nice day^_^

Like you no I don't as far as I am concerned it is the Personality that counts more then anything

I don't care what kind of clothes people are wearing, but I like people to be clean. At some point I judge people based on clean appearance. More of all, attitude is what makes a person....

Nope! And I go even further; looks are also last in importance for relationships. I don't believe "there has to be some physical attraction," like some peple say. The woman that I'm with is fairly attractive, my first girlfriend was obese. But I still fell in love with her personality.

A range of things. Attitude, the way they act, smile, look, think, do things, how they speak.. blah blah, I only form an idea until I gain more of an understanding of whoever it is. although, sometimes I do judge and ignore some. (example when approached "Do you have a lighter") LOL ~Joey

Hi,usually i do not and look for the inner person they are but sometimes i do and am right with what i saw.My boyfriend always assumes by the cover,a pretty girl is nice,NOT ALWAYS!!haha,etc. Peanutjar:)

Rationally I try not to judge a person by his/her cover, but sometimes I have irrational thoughts about people I first met. I've met a lot of awful people and if someone has something in common with them I feel awkward. The majority of time my "sixth sense" is right but sometimes not. For example, a lot of people I know who desperately want to be in the center of attention by making jokes or mocking people have revealed to be mean inside (i.e hurting my friends or me for the sake of attention) Instead one person I know at university is an attention seeker but seems a really good guy, and I'm unconfortable with him the same. I'm really irrational sometimes :D