Critical Quotes · Page 8

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

— John Donne

I don't like to watch myself. I can't get into the story; I'm too critical.

— Cheyenne Jackson

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

— Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Listening to the people I serve is a critical component of any legislative effort.

— Abigail Spanberger

I think talking's important. I think aspirations are critical.

— Hillary Clinton

My first novel was a critical success in a matter of weeks.

— Christine Leunens

“O, gentle lady, do not put me to’t,/ For I am nothing, if not critical.”

— William Shakespeare

“I might want to be critical, but I don't wish to be destructive.”

— David Levine

A theatrical on a tight budget really only becomes about generating critical reviews for you and your film, not revenue.

— Aurora Guerrero

Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens.

— Paul Collier

I'm very careful of not being critical of other people's movies, which work in different styles. I think some of my movies…

— Frederick Wiseman

The truth is that we're at a critical juncture in the history of our species and if we don't act soon, we…

— Al Gore

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed critical vulnerabilities in our pharmaceutical supply chain.

— Abigail Spanberger

I'm very honored and thankful if someone says something nice about my playing, but in general I'm very critical of what I…

— Billy Sheehan

There is no more critical indicator of the future of a society than the character, competence, and integrity of its youth.

— Urie Bronfenbrenner

We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.

— Karen Mills

To practice NVC, it's critical for me to be able to slow down, take my time, to come from an energy I…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms…

— Raymond Chandler

The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced…

— J. Michael Straczynski

The starting-point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what one really is, and is 'knowing thyself'as a product of the historical…

— Antonio Gramsci

I am convinced that the moment is coming when, with its message of eternal, universal values, it will come to the aid…

— Boris Yeltsin

Critical thinking is not something you do once with an issue and then drop it. It requires that we update our knowledge…

— Daniel Levitin

There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as…

— Jessamyn West

What you need to do is protect the structures and dynamics that are helping the people choose. The only thing that we…

— Tariq Ramadan

Relationships are at the core of any political system and economic system - any family - and I think we drifted away…

— Hillary Clinton

I went to law school which is a 3-year program in the US that is focused primarily on memorizing certain doctrines and…

— Dean Spade

We believe that this initiative is a critical first step in our nation s effort to provide every student with a comprehensive,…

— Lily Eskelsen Garcia

Our situation is truly delicate & critical. On the one hand we are in need of a strong federal government founded on…

— Mercy Otis Warren

I like the communication and trust that comes from a long-term relationship. When you really know people as musicians and as people,…

— Dave Liebman

Michael Jackson is an extremely productive ethnographer, a serious reader of phenomenological and existential philosophy, and a remarkable writer at a level…

— Arthur Kleinman

It is important to stop being critical and judging ideas as good or bad because I think if somebody doesn't have a…

— Gillian Jacobs

After the signing of the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a woman on the street, "What have you given us, sir?"…

— Glenn Beck

America has a critical place to play in the end of extreme poverty.

— Hugh Evans

If you have to choose one critical ingredient of success, it's passion.

— Carver Mead

I'm pretty self-critical about everything I've ever done: stand-up, 'SNL.'

— John Mulaney

Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.

— Bill Crawford

The press is critical at this time, and if you look at history, this is so critical.

— Barbara Boxer

The boos and critical words from sports writers affect pros more than anyone else.

— George Blanda

Being critical is not something I like to do. I like to appreciate and inspire.

— Robin Thicke

“Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich