Critical Quotes · Page 74

Most of us have very clear memories of the self-critical internal conversation running on in our heads while we were playing poorly,…

— Barry Green

Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all…

— Dan Brown

True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough…

— Eric Liu

I started out in nuclear physics. But after I became more sensitized to the environmental and health implications of the nuclear system…

— Vandana Shiva

You learn that existence is legible but that you have to have a critical mind if you're going to read it.

— Tony Kushner

The alternative which I favor is to renounce all euphemisms and grasp the nettle of the word atheism itself, precisely because it…

— Richard Dawkins

The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie.

— John Frankenheimer

There's always been an assumption that ocean shipping coming in and out of the Great Lakes is critical to the economy. It…

— John Taylor

Paranoiac-critical activity makes the world of delirium pass onto the plane of reality...

— Salvador Dali

So many years later, you watch yourself, and you're not critical of yourself anymore 'cause that's behind you.

— George Chakiris

Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to…

— Pete Sampras

The Germans should be the first to sympathize with us [Egyptians]. They know how difficult it is to build a democracy following…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Ideally, we would be…

— Julia Cameron

I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

The critical question for our generation—and for every generation— is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all…

— John Piper

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively…

— Noam Chomsky

The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.

— David Suzuki

The art of the novel, however, has fallen into such a state of stagnation - a lassitude acknowledged and discussed by the…

— Alain Robbe-Grillet

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

— Donald Rumsfeld

[Photography] is the non-complacence of the eye. To practice my right to look is also a critical attitude. If I stare at…

— Pedro Meyer

All humour is critical, you know? You make stupid jokes. I mean, stupidity is an infirmity, isn't it?

— John Cleese

The liberals love you until you say something critical about Hillary Clinton.

— Ana Navarro

Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business.

— Richard Branson

Philosophy, art, politics, religion and bohemia have never sought to do away entirely with the status hierarchy; they have attemptee, rather, to…

— Alain de Botton

Love the woods and nature and the water and animals. Stop the BS with poaching and hunting. Preservation is critical.

— Taylor Dane