Critical Quotes

• When I began to write fiction that I knew would be published as science fiction, [and] part of what I brought to it was the critical knowledge that science fiction was always about the period in which it was written.

  

  William Gibson
  • Writing
  • Fiction
  • Periods

• I wanted to draw together into one place so many talented writers that we would achieve critical mass and explode upon Canadian society in a dazzling coruscation showering it with unquenchable brilliance.

  

  John Metcalf
  • Achieve
  • Draw
  • Canadian

• To have to watch myself in a way that was constructively critical was really good for me because it made me a little bit more easy on myself because I wasn't allowed to walk away screaming.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Little
  • Critical
  • Screaming

• Arrested Development was such an amazing experience in every way, and you know it was very unique in that it was a show that received a lot of critical acclaim, and yet we didn't ever achieve the ratings that we wanted.

  

  William Emerson Arnett
  • Unique
  • Achieve
  • Acclaim

• The last weeks have been difficult for Critical Path, but now we have turned the corner with the implementation of a reorganization designed to reduce costs and focus the company on its core products.

  

  B. R. Hayden
  • Focus
  • Path
  • Products

• The nature of how we are as human beings is that we're much more interested in being critical rather than praising something.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • Nature
  • Humans
  • Praise

• I became aware of my destiny: to belong to the critical minority as opposed to the unquestioning majority.

  

  Sigmund Freud
  • Destiny
  • Aware
  • Minority

• So many years later, you watch yourself, and you're not critical of yourself anymore 'cause that's behind you.

  

  George Chakiris
  • Yourself
  • Critical
  • Behind You

• We look at the critical areas ordinance as a set of safeguards to protect public health ... and some of the things that make people want to live in Thurston County.

  

  Kate Jackson
  • Critical
  • Areas
  • Ordinance

• By the time we made "Abbey Road", John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested in performing anything he hadn't written himself.

  

  Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
  • Time
  • Music
  • Road

• Thus, in a crucial way, the Kansas hearings repeat the pattern set by the Scopes Trial, which has been repeated many times since, namely, evolutionists escaped critical scrutiny by not having to undergo cross-examination. In this case, they accomplished the feat by boycotting the hearings. I therefore await the day when the hearings are not voluntary but involve subpoenas that compel evolutionists to be deposed and interrogated at length on their views.

  

  William A. Dembski
  • Cases
  • Accomplished
  • Crosses

• The most critical problem we face, not only in the barrios, but in Nicaragua and Central America, is that of the threat of an invasion by the United States.

  

  Jackie Jackson The Jacksons
  • Problem
  • Face
  • Threat

• I heard the term "mamisma" when describing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, how she was speaking from that place which is kind of like a strong mother. Like when your mom says like, "put that down!" you know that is coming from a place of both love and strength. And at this critical stage in human history we need both action and caring.

  

  Elizabeth Lesser
  • Love
  • Mother
  • Action

• If we find ourselves becoming critical of other people we should stop examining them, and start examining ourselves.

  

  William Barclay
  • People
  • Should
  • Becoming

• I think of veganism humbly and holistically. It's about taking personal responsibility in a world so full of needless suffering. It's challenging one's self to open one's eyes and question society's assumptions and habits. It's about critical thinking and compassion and how we would like to see the world evolve.

  

  Michael Greger
  • Question
  • Responsibility
  • Compassion

• Marxism is always open, always critical, always self-critical.

  

  Ernest Mandel
  • Self
  • Critical
  • Marxism

• My novels tend to come about from a fusion of two big ideas, creating a critical mass that then fissions, throwing off hundreds of other particles, riffs, tropes and characters.

  

  Will Self
  • Character
  • Bigs
  • Novel

• From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old people going fishing with young people and teaching them things. I'm very, very critical.

  

  Rex Hunt
  • Thinking
  • Teaching
  • Fantastic

• In the fantasy, sci-fi world, the fans are so discerning and they're so tough and they're so intelligent, and they're so critical.

  

  Scott Bakula
  • World
  • Intelligent
  • Fans

• I'm going to be really critical of myself when I watch tape to see how in the Lord's name did we not get him a shot at the rim somehow. What's baffling is we worked extra in practice on getting him the ball, and he didn't get one shot at the rim. There are days when I absolutely love what I do and days when I hate it. Right now, I hate it. We worked on making the post feed, and the more we tried, the worse it got. It was one of those nights when everything possible could go wrong.

  

  Brad Soderberg
  • Love
  • Practice
  • Nights

• It's hard to listen to your own record or your own songs and not pass judgment in a critical way just because it's your own thing. It's weird to sit down to listen to it to enjoy it.

  

  Alex Gaskarth All Time Low
  • Song
  • Enjoy
  • Judgment

• As an artist, I think it's critical for keeping yourself alive that you try to get your hands into something a little bit more intensely. It's one of the reasons why I love theater because you never actually let go of it and it never feels like there's a tremendous distance between the process and the product.

  

  Maggie Siff
  • Artist
  • Critical
  • Intensely

• Your ability to work with others on a complex task is a critical skill for advancement at work.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Work
  • Ability
  • Skills

• The Columbia accident made us realize that we had been playing Russian roulette with the shuttle crews - that we had been very, very fortunate in the past that the foam did not cause critical damage.

  

  Wayne Hale
  • Damage
  • Accidents
  • Russian

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