Critical Quotes

Every good historian is almost by definition a revisionist. He looks at the accepted view of a particular historic episode or period with a very critical eye.

Small scale is critical to local life, to the ability of local people to control what happens where they live.

The music in a film like this is as critical as anything because Kong is mute. He doesn't talk.

I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.

I'm more critical of the films I make than anyone else.

Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.

Everybodys saying, be skeptical of Wikipedia. That is true. They should also be skeptical of everything. We should all be critical consumers of the media.

We put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking.

There is no faith, without a critical mind

Cutting carbon in the supply chain is the next critical stage in the business contribution to reduce carbon emissions to tackle climate change and, represents a significant commercial opportunity.

Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.

I have always been fascinated by paranoid people imagining conspiracies. I am fascinated by this in a critical way.

Religions, themselves, are (intellectual) blasphemies.

All of the common core standards stuff about critical reading and critical thinking and so on can only be positive.

No man, however civilized, can listen for very long to African drumming, or Indian chanting, or Welsh hymn singing, and retain intact his critical and self-conscious personality.

I definitely think I put more pressure on myself. I can be hard on myself and super-critical and very rarely satisfied or happy. I am my biggest critic.

There is a certain solipsism to serious illness which claims all of one's attention as certainly as an astronomical black hole seizes anything unlucky enough to fall within its critical radius.

A critical discourse that had respect for the mystery of art would look to the sense of life which finds expression in paradox, metaphor, tautology, and syntax.

Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.

[Our system of education ]not designed to create critical thinkers.

It is critical that the American people, and not just their financial institutions, be represented at the negotiating table.

There are 86,400 seconds in a day. Those seconds are critical.

The revolutionary and critical thinker is in a certain way always outside of his society while of course he is at the same time also in it.

The best of ideas is hurt by uncritical acceptance and thrives on critical examination.

The most critical problem we face, not only in the barrios, but in Nicaragua and Central America, is that of the threat of an invasion by the United States.

You can be as critical as you want of Black Lives Matter. I'm critical of him, too. But to say that they have caused shooting of police officers, I think is a bridge too far.

Our critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life.

Year Two is a critical year for any television show.

Our belief in any particular natural law cannot have a safer basis than our unsuccessful critical attempts to refute it.

The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but it also passes on a critical attitude towards them.

Critical thinking relies on content, because you can't navigate masses of information if you have nothing to navigate to.

Protecting biodiversity is just as important and critical to the survival of mankind as stabilizing the climate. Species protection and climate are interdependent.

A strong player, which has the sufficient critical mass, can withhold pressure better and create a more stable environment that benefits shareholders as well as employees.

I have a positive core, and what I'm doing for music and Earth and the people is more living and less critical thinking.

Psychological factors are critical in supporting immune function. If you suppress this psychological support by telling someone he's condemned to die, your words alone will have condemned him.

Out of power, Marxism can develop critical intelligence; in power, it quickly becomes stupid.

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.

I would like to write my next book about what happened to critical intelligence in America and how it's been undermined by these really shallow ideas about human life and nature.

Demo: presentation of a specific set of capabilities needed to solve the customer's critical business issue.

Dolphins may well be carrying information as well as functions critical to the regeneration of life upon our planet.

U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East.

There is an entire generation who was too young to read 'The Purpose Driven Life' 10 years ago but are now asking the critical question, 'What on earth am I here for?'

The critical first billion years, during which life began, are blank pages in the earth's history.

Authenticity is critical to leadership. That means trying to be yourself - this involves some self-disclosure, admitting what you don't know and being willing to ask questions.

Critical thinking is what leads to the next breakthroughs in any area.

I think giving great content out to people is critical, and exclusive, cool content they've never seen before is the best way to go.

Just as with cars, it's critical to know the fuel efficiency of black holes.

Fighting for and defending the values from the pulpit is critical. You can't love the Creator, and disrespect the creation.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm very critical, especially artistically.

What can oppose the decline of the west is not a resurrected culture but the utopia that is silently contained in the image of its decline.