Critical Quotes · Page 80

I strive to find materials that will engage students, expand their capacities as critical readers and thinkers, and feel immediately relevant to…

— Dean Spade

Bush the father did well in placing his sons as governors and did not forget to pass on the expertise in fraud…

— Osama bin Laden

I always want to be the most critical about myself.

— Matthijs de Ligt

Sometimes there are leftwing governments I'm very critical of. For me, being leftwing is to live in a society where there's permanent…

— Costa-Gavras

I doubt myself a lot. And I'm very, very just overly critical.

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

That historians should give their own country a break, I grant you; but not so as to state things contrary to fact.…

— Polybius

Once you learn to look at architecture not merely as an art more or less well or more or less badly done,…

— Louis Sullivan

It's absolutely critical that we audit the Fed so the American people can see what's going on over there. Do it from…

— Paul Broun

If the employees fundamentally trust the C.E.O., then communications will be vastly more efficient than if they don't. Telling things as they…

— Ben Horowitz

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

— Rowan Atkinson

Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules. They apply them. The role of an umpire and a judge is critical.…

— John Roberts

Shoes are critical for me because I use my feet to read greens.

— Viktor Hovland

You hope that people read your book and say "Yes, this is the way it is or could be." But then you…

— Robert Cormier

There is a tremendous amount of confusion and denial that exists about mass incarceration today, and that is the biggest barrier to…

— Michelle Alexander

Governments clash with each other over who should control the co-ordination of the Internet's infrastructure and critical resources.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I have a critical nature, in the sense that when I look at something I often look for the flaws.

— Donald Fagen

I really like when critics reveal their subjectivity and their humanity. I prefer it when people say nice things, but if they…

— Charlie Kaufman

Just because I am critical of the coalition doesn't mean I am anti-English. I am just anti-scumbags.

— Ken Livingstone

The most critical case in a corporation, especially a big one, is when everything goes well, when you have accomplished your objectives.…

— Peter Drucker

Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point

— Anonymous

We all know why [the generals] are so critical of the defense secretary. They're being defensive because they weren't able to implement…

— Stephen Colbert

When we believe in our child fully, we trust that they are doing the very best they can at every moment, given…

— Jan Hunt

When enough electrons within an atom get aligned and a critical mass is reached - as soon as you hit that hundredth…

— Wayne Dyer

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a…

— Euripides

If music was made by some kind of critical theorist, it would sound like my music.

— Josh Tillman