Critical Quotes

To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies are necessary and acceptable and the fat is in the fire.

I hope that all critical Muslims read the ruling in full, because it states very clearly what freedom of expression in Denmark is about.

Everyone wants to be liked, so of course you want critical acclaim. After that, box office acclaim isn't bad. More than anything I think you have to try and make something you're proud of.

and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical sense and are not easy to fool with laughter

I really don't want to sound like overly negative or critical of the Internet in general because I'm actually really quite pro-technology.

I think China is set up to surpass the US on the even more critical industry of green power.

As an actor it's easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself: "Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?" Yet here I am, so I'm lucky.

I come from a very critical culture. You know the Scots. They're always saying: 'Oh, no. It will never work. You'll never amount to anything. You've got to know your place in the world.

Even the bad books I write are satisfying. I'm my least critical reader.

Every game is critical.

It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels is appropriate without having somebody go to the papers. They respect you. So you respect them back.

If your friend is critical [of your work], you have to have a very thick skin and a thick skin is something that only builds up after it's callused for awhile.

SNAP is a critical anti-hunger program that feeds millions of low income Americans, including children, veterans, and seniors who would not otherwise have the resources to buy groceries.

[Donald Trump] has shifted - President [Barack] Obama has shifted American policy in a much more critical way in Israel with the settlements than the previous presidents.

I support secure borders both north and south and I support a guest worker program for those here today illegally. Labor and skilled workers are critical to our Texas economy.

The critical mind is the creative mind.

My work is heavily influenced by critiques that many critical intellectual traditions, especially Critical Race Theory, have made of reform projects focused on legal equality.

Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor has been the critical decisive vote on many issues that go to the heart of who we are as a nation.

It's kind of hard to find something that will get your juices flowing if you're somewhat critical. I have a hard time finding great things for myself in '94 and certainly in '95.

Many organizations have put off critical upgrades or new projects to make sure ICD-10 was survivable.

Governance allows organizations...t o use critical data to drive the organization.

Of course Russia is, let's say element, of American election campaign, was on the agenda to some extent but the influence of that element could have hardly been critical.

In design it is important to shoe the effect of an action. ... Feedback is critical.

I actually don't think it matters how early or late you are as long as you hit critical mass.

Obviously all writers, all artists, have their own internal critics; as they write they are being self-critical.

The final evaluation of a play has nothing to do with immediate audience or critical response.

We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.

Too often we forget that social and political movements don't happen overnight. They don't bring change immediately - you have to build a critical mass of understanding of the issues.

The purity of the critical ermine, like that of the judicial, is often soiled by contact with politics.

Islam doesn't have a monopoly on violence in Africa. And violence plays a particularly critical role in places where statehood is weak at best, such as the Maghreb.

I don't think you can say that feminism has made women critical of marriage because women have been critical of marriage for centuries.

I don't like to watch myself. For the most part, I find it weird. It depresses me; I'm very critical.

irony is an indispensable ingredient of the critical vision; it is the safest antidote to sentimental decay.

I think most of us become self-critical as soon as we become self-conscious.

the majority of critical, and plenty of uncritical, readers find quotations a bore.

If you were around in the '60s, you already know that music and art and love are a critical part of the revolution. This is how we fight.

Our bodies are critical. If I learned anything from getting really bad cancer seven years ago, it's that your body is what you've got. If you don't take care of it, you're not going to be here.

Simply getting a country's population online is not going to trigger a revolution in critical thinking.

I prefer to have all of this apparatus - historical, literary, critical - and then, beyond initial innocence and naiveté, to try to achieve a new innocence, a new naiveté.

A critical part of Tantric Buddhism is a process of turning of the activities and experiences in your daily life into meditation.

Those who practice deserve your respect. If you respect them, you respect yourself. It's easy to be critical, but it does no good. What's important is to be supportive of all who practice.

Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened

We need to become more ruthless and critical in front of goal.

The most dynamic cities have always been immersed in the critical innovations of their time.

Whenever he composes a critical review, I have been told, he gets an enormous erection.

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical attitudes of thought in the young

A third variety of drama ... begins as tragedy with scraps of fun in it ... and ends in comedy without mirth in it, the place of mirth being taken by a more or less bitter and critical irony.

It's very easy for people to be critical of President Obama's first term, but let's face it, he didn't exactly inherit the country in the best shape.

But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that all moments seem comfortably remote until the last.

The floods of nonsense printed in the form of critical opinions seem to me a chief curse of the times, a chief obstacle to true culture.