Critically Quotes

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There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media - than ever before. We've never… — Alec Baldwin
It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically… — John Boorman
I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument… — Alain de Botton
While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate… — John O. Brennan
I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
My parents taught me to approach the world critically, but also to approach it with a sense of responsibility. — Chelsea Clinton
How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically. — Paul Thomas Anderson
You know, you want everything you do, obviously, to be a success critically and commercially. But what you find out as you go along is… — Lee Ann Womack
It would be extremely naive to expect the dominant classes to develop a type of education that would enable subordinate classes to perceive social injustices… — Paulo Freire
Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive,… — Colin Powell
Propose theories which can be criticized. Think about possible decisive falsifying experiments-crucial experiments. But do not give up your theories too easily-not, at any rate,… — Karl Popper
[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing,… — Carl Sagan
Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more important range of… — Alain de Botton
My thesis is that what we call 'science' is differentiated from the older myths not by being something distinct from a myth, but by being… — Karl Popper
Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied to individuals, the… — Kevin Rudd
The fundamental reason why carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is critically important to biology is that there is so little of it. A field of… — Freeman Dyson
We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge. We should not… — Chris Hedges
Understand that you, yourself, are no more than the composite picture of all your thoughts and actions. In your relationships with others, remember the basic… — Denis Waitley
History is not the past. It is the stories we tell about the past. How we tell these stories - triumphantly or self-critically, metaphysically or… — Grace Lee Boggs
Californias red-legged frogs are part of our historical, literary and cultural heritage, ... It is critically important that we ensure that there will always be… — Robert Stack

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