Quotes About Critical

From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment.

Now you mustn't think that I don't have any ideas for novels in my head. I've got ideas for ten novels in my head. But with every idea I have, I already foresee the wrong novels I would write, because I also have critical ideas in my head; I've got a full theory of the perfect novel, and that's what stumps me.

Education is far less about a set of facts than a way of thinking, than learning how to critically think. And therefore, what I always think should be the basis of education is not answers but questions.

That's the problem with bacterial meningitis: it progresses really fast. You think you have the flu, and they say within 15 hours it's severely deadly - for sure within the first 24 hours - but even the first 15 hours.

If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.

Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

I think a liberal arts education isn't necessarily about doing something with your degree; it's about becoming a critical thinker. And I think that critical thinking is so integral to being an actor.

Civilized discourse demands critical thinking, self-reflexiveness, sober-headed analysis.

There is a dearth of thinking skills - people are taught what to think, not how.

Productivity is going to be a critical issue. And it's not just about getting more time for professors in the classroom. It involves reexamining the learning experience and restructuring faculty and the use of faculty time.

All dimensions are critical dimensions, otherwise why are they there?

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Both life and death manifest in every moment of existence. Our human body appears and disappears moment by moment, without cease, and this ceaseless arising and passing away is what we experience as time and being. They are not separate. They are one thing, and in even a fraction of a second, we have the opportunity to choose, and to turn the course of our action either toward the attainment of truth or away from it. Each instant is utterly critical to the whole world.

When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered.

Yet because the Bible is a human product as well as sacred scripture, the continuing dialogue needs to be a critical conversation. There are parts of the Bible that we will decide need not or should not be honored, either because we discern that they were relevant to ancient times but not to our own, or because we discern that they were never the will of God.13*

As we read the Bible, we are not only to bring our critical intelligence with us, but also to listen.

Efforts to protect critical computer networks have unfortunately not kept pace with the march of technology.

Don't believe everything you see on the Internet.

I'm very honored and thankful if someone says something nice about my playing, but in general I'm very critical of what I do.

It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first time they are faced with a decision regarding alcohol.

We're running out of time.

We are running out of time

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

we are running out of time for dealing with this