Critical Quotes

1238 Critical quotes by 996 unique authors

Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only… — Joseph Joubert
The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
She had been critical of his new torch song, "A Side Order of Heartache, Please," suggesting it could be used as a good way to… — Woody Allen
What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to… — Albert Einstein
The adoption of the required attitude of mind towards ideas that seem to emerge "of their own free will" and the abandonment of the critical… — Sigmund Freud
[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours… — William Halsey
I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law. — Christopher Walken
Many times, a child's struggle against hunger begins before he or she is born because the mother is undernourished. Making sure prenatal care and proper… — Hector Elizondo
We should not minimize the great outstanding service of Eugenics for critical and diagnostic investigations. It demonstrates ... that uncontrolled fertility is universally correlated with… — Margaret Sanger
He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in the most effacious… — Max Euwe
Speed is what makes the Premiership exciting. The millions who would have watched Manchester United and Chelsea would have seen a non-stop game in which… — Alan Hansen
Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with counter-chances for the… — Garry Kasparov
So most skeptics who criticize us are really just misinformed and kind of ignorant. They're just assuming something about us. We're quite critical ourselves, but… — Ryan Buell
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… — Cliff Stearns
Small scale is critical to local life, to the ability of local people to control what happens where they live. — Paul Weyrich
The critical question is not whether you'll have luck, but what you do with the luck that you get. — James C. Collins
Many people are afraid to fail, so they don't try. They may dream, talk, and even plan, but they don't take that critical step of… — Donald Trump
The prudential regulation that I have put in place has been absolutely critical. The fiscal policy which we have put in place has been absolutely… — Peter Costello
When the ability to have movement across social class becomes virtually impossible, I think it is the beginning of the end of a country. And… — Shirley M. Tilghman
One can see from space how the human race has changed the Earth. Nearly all of the available land has been cleared of forest and… — Stephen Hawking
Combating climate change is absolutely critical to the future of our company,Green Cooler customers, consumers-and our world. I believe all of us need to take… — Indra Nooyi
Although reducing human emissions to the atmosphere is undoubtedly of critical importance, as are any and all measures to reduce the human environmental "footprint", the… — Unknown Author
Climate change: We have never faced a more critical time on our planet — Richard Leakey
Among these treasures of our land is water-fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used-but it can bring… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fulfilling the four needs [spiritual, mental, physical, social] in an integrated way is like combining elements in chemistry. When we reach a "critical mass" of… — Stephen Covey

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