Critical Quotes - Page 2

• In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.

  Leonard Nimoy

  Inspiration, Men, Wish

  "Fictional character: Mr. Spock". "Star Trek" (TV Series), www.imdb.com. 1968.

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• Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it.

  Allan Bloom

  Learning, Cynical, Political

  Allan Bloom (2008). “Closing of the American Mind”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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• I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

  Fiona Apple

  Self, Stills

  "New Again: Fiona Apple". Interview with Colleen Kelsey and Tracey Pepper, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.

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• I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

  Harold Pinter

  Wise, Thinking, Literature

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• The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.

  A. P. Herbert

  Marriage, Time, Breakfast

  Uncommon Law (1935) "Is Marriage Lawful?"

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• Culture is only true when implicitly critical, and the mind which forgets this revenges itself in the critics it breeds. Criticism is an indispensable element of culture.

  Theodor Adorno

  Revenge, Mind, Criticism

  Theodor W. Adorno (1982). “Prisms”, p.22, MIT Press

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• It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Mistake, Tasks, Correcting

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• By cutting critical domestic programs such as education, health, environmental protection, and veterans' services, this budget reveals misplaced priorities.

  Dan Lipinski

  Cutting, Priorities, Environmental

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• And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.

  Louise Slaughter

  Hard Work, Equal Pay, Issues

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• A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that.

  Laurie Anderson

  Technology, United States, Different

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• The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.

  W. H. Auden

  Taken, Criticism, Salt

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• I could never do a show, or be a personality like Howard Stern, where you take all that heat from critics. What he does, he does, but the critical heat would crucify me.

  Chuck Barris

  Personality, Doe, Heat

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• At the bottom, the elimination of spyware and the preservation of privacy for the consumer are critical goals if the Internet is to remain safe and reliable and credible.

  Cliff Stearns

  Goal, Safety, Privacy

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• Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.

  Raymond Chandler

  Writing, Perception, Criticism

  Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). “Raymond Chandler Speaking”, p.78, Univ of California Press

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• I've been involved with blood donation since the 1980s because there is a critical need.

  Donna Reed

  Blood, Needs, Donation

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

  Winston Churchill

  Motivational, Judging, Criticism

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• Education is critical not only to each one of us individually, but also to build the economic vitality of our state.

  John Hoeven

  Teamwork, Vitality, Economic

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• So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result.

  Emily Mortimer

  Attention, Misery, Enough

  "Woman on the verge". Interview with Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2001.

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• If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.

  Damon Hill

  Sports, Athlete, Perspective

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• I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.

  Damon Hill

  Athlete, People, Trying

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• That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

  Carol Kane

  People, Stuff Happens, Stuff

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• Muscle and water is critical in burning fat.

  Lee Haney

  Water, Burning, Muscles

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• The impending teacher shortage is the most critical education issue we will face in the next decade.

  David Price

  Teacher, Issues, Next

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• I can be very critical on myself and on other people; I can be very demanding.

  Catherine Deneuve

  People, I Can

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• The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history.

  Sue Kelly

  War, Effort, National Security

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