Critical Quotes

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.

Alec Guinness

Personality, Ego, Acting

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

Jim Fowler

Nature, Thinking, Space

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What I created got abominated.

Ralph H. Baer

Creating, Criticism, Creation

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I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

Fiona Apple

Self, Stills

"New Again: Fiona Apple". Interview with Colleen Kelsey and Tracey Pepper, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.

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Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it.

Allan Bloom

Learning, Cynical, Political

Allan Bloom (2008). “Closing of the American Mind”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.

Raymond Chandler

Writing, Perception, Criticism

Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). “Raymond Chandler Speaking”, p.78, Univ of California Press

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For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

Billy Corgan

Critical Spirit, Levels, Littles

Interview with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2005.

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It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation.

Paulo Freire

Essentials, Roles, Transformation

Paulo Freire (2014). “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.127, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions.

Margaret Fuller

Mind, Criticism, Recluse

Margaret Fuller, Joel Myerson (1978). “Margaret Fuller: Essays on American Life and Letters”, p.51, Rowman & Littlefield

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Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.

Edward Everett Hale

Critical Spirit, Habit, Small Things

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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

William James

Motivational, Inspiring, Attitude

"American Treasury, 1455 - 1955". Book by Clifton Fadimany, 1455 - 1955, 1955.

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It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.

W. Somerset Maugham

Creativity, Perfection, Creative

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The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Independent, Paper, Constitution

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And let's be clear: It's not enough just to limit ads for foods that aren't healthy. It's also going to be critical to increase marketing for foods that are healthy.

Michelle Obama

Healthy, Marketing, Limits

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The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we inhabit are not only critical elements in the quality of life we enjoy - they are a reflection of the majesty of our Creator.

Rick Perry

Reflection, Air, Land

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Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

Tom Peters

Design, Agendas, Should

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I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

Harold Pinter

Wise, Thinking, Literature

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

Donald Rumsfeld

Mistake, Tasks, Correcting

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An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius.

Billy Wilder

Work, Dark, Together

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The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.

W. H. Auden

Taken, Criticism, Salt

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Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this by cutting off the past. Which means that critical opinion is often orphaned in the present.

John Berger

Mean, Cutting, Past

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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 and reliable and credible.

Cliff Stearns

Goal, Safety, Privacy

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The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.

A. P. Herbert

Marriage, Time, Breakfast

Uncommon Law (1935) "Is Marriage Lawful?"

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It is critical that we have a comprehensive energy plan to provide affordable and reliable supplies of energy so that our economy will not be dependent on foreign sources of energy.

Richard Burr

Energy, Economy, Source

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Religion and morality are critical to how students think about politics and form opinions on political issues.

Jeanne Shaheen

Thinking, Issues, Political

"College Poll: Religion, Morality Play Important Roles in Politics" by Michelle A. Vu, www.christianpost.com. April 14, 2006.

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