Quotes About Being Critical

#1. being critical is more than just doing critique, as social change that leads to equity also requires informing policy and practice through advocacy and activism

Jill Blackmore

#2. I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

Simon Cowell

#3. That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

Carol Kane

#4. My focus has always been on the work - that work being critical thinking and writing. I am always doing that. That's where I am, wherever I am. Critical thinking and writing as my heartbeat.

Bell Hooks

#5. It is both possible (and even necessary) to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects.

Anita Sarkeesian

#6. I wasn't happy with the outcome in Vietnam. Now, I've never said that, but, you know, I'm getting to an age where I think I'd better start saying it ... And I don't mean that to sound that I'm being critical of somebody or blaming somebody.

Alexander Haig

#7. Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!

Joyce Meyer

#8. By being critical, you also develop your own style of what you like, what direction you want to move.

Robert Barry

#9. Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this popular new game that the media has of being critical of everything that anybody in public office does probably are thin-skinned.

Bill Scott

#10. Being critical of art is a way of showing art respect.

Jerry Saltz

#11. 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

#12. I am a writer. Being critical is a writer's responsibility.

Ma Jian

#13. I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.

A.R. Rahman

#14. Being critical is not something I like to do. I like to appreciate and inspire.

Robin Thicke

#15. Now I am not being critical here,

Robert Cowan

#16. I wasn't being critical of myself in the way I can normally be, and I was letting myself follow through with stuff. It was like a prolonged spontaneity.

Luke Temple

#17. Sometimes the critics review me harshly for not being critical of government but it's not me who has said I was political.

Janeane Garofalo

#18. I get emotionally attached with every film I do, and that stops me from being critical. I can't fight my emotions.

Dhanush

#19. People don't understand that my films is not about being scandalous - it's about being critical of our own society.

Malgorzata Szumowska

#20. I'm very careful of not being critical of other people's movies, which work in different styles. I think some of my movies can be interpreted as critical of their subjects.

Frederick Wiseman

#21. I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke holes in some of the dialogue and find new ways of seeing things.

Jonathan Shapiro

#22. Understanding Hamas/Hezbollah as social movements that are progressive, that are on the left, that are part of a global left, is extremely important. That does not stop us from being critical of certain dimensions of both movements.

Judith Butler

#23. Earning trust and being trustworthy constantly is critical to the survival of your brand

Bernard Kelvin Clive

#24. I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind

Marc Benioff

#25. It is critical to learn how to listen for what is not being said.

Debra Kaye

#26. Make a determination to take no one seriously except God. You may find that the first person you must be the most critical with, as being the greatest fraud you have ever known, is yourself.

Oswald Chambers

#27. There are always a few, Claire, who like being told what to do instead of being required to think. And those are the ones you should fear. That goes equally for humans, I'm afraid. Critical thinking has become a sadly rare skill these days.

Rachel Caine

#28. A true survivor is someone who, after 12+ years of being schooled, remains independent in their thinking.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#29. I'm real critical of myself and if I take the bandana off my head I'm completely bald headed and go from being 58 to looking 68 instantly.

Hulk Hogan

#30. Success in TV-showmaking is just a matter of being authentic and doing the best you can, and you hope that people watch it and like it. For us [showmakers], we know where our bread is buttered, and we live by the written word of the critic. That's how shows build a critical mass on cable.

Walton Goggins

#31. If people talk about you, being jealous, critical, and trying to make you look bad, don't let that change you. You don't need their approval when you have God's approval.

Joel Osteen

#32. Maybe we could think of science as being like a nuclear chain reaction in which people and ideas bounce off each other, and if critical mass is reached, a new field is formed.

Alvin E. Roth

#33. No human being who is in their centre can be hypnotised. That's what needs to be remembered. No human being who is in their centre, who is being guided, who is close to their intuition, who is a sharp, critical apparatus, who has got a sharp sense of judgement, can ever be manipulated.

Michael Tsarion

#34. The second part of it, which I think is really critical, is understanding that being creative means that you have to sell your ideas.

Jocelyn K. Glei

#35. 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.

Damon Hill

#36. I learned the difference between critical thinking and being just plain critical.

Sarah Bessey

#37. And when had a critical eye ever helped me, really? Nobody likes the girl who points out all the inherent sexism on The Bachelor. But people are charmed byt the girl kvelling about nail art, boba tea, and the homeopathic benefits of ayahuasca.

Mindy Kaling

#38. It's so critical for people frustrated with the economy, with changing tides in government, who aren't able to hear their voices, questions or their ills being talked about, to have a place for discussing what others won't.

George Noory

#39. Being constructively critical is good, as long as your purpose is to improve your methods for future endeavors. Lying in bed and replaying failures and telling yourself you're stupid is a tremendous disservice to your efforts and what you can offer the world.

Chris Hardwick

#40. What identifies an individual as a king is how other people behave towards him. All authority is assumed, and if other people don't accept your authority then you don't have it. Perhaps the critical thing to being a convincing figure of authority is actually not to try too hard.

Patrick Stewart

#41. Obviously all writers, all artists, have their own internal critics; as they write they are being self-critical.

Edna Longley

#42. I want to help people understand themselves a little bit better, to stop being so critical and judgmental of themselves, and to help them understand why they are going through some of the difficult things in their lives.

Echo Bodine

#43. Not only is true love rare and true rebellion rare, real love is itself a radical form of rebellion - engagement, thinking, and being - and therefore happens in the context of a larger project of justice, liberation, and critical thinking.

Masha Tupitsyn

#44. I think forgiveness is a release of emotions, a release to say "No I let go". I think it is critical for our mental health being and our physical health being and I think it is critical for our universal being as well to forgive each other.

John Assaraf

#45. The time is a critical one, for it marks the beginning of the second half of life, when a metanoia, a mental transformation, not infrequently occurs.
(on being 36 yrs old)

C. G. Jung

#46. Being a successful CEO, where I've driven a bottom line, assembled teams, driven results, that's a critical benefit to running the state government.

Bruce Rauner

#47. Giving teenagers some inspiration, a single role model and an opportunity to be part of something bigger at a critical point in their lives can be the difference between being a productive or being a destructive member of society.

Ricardo Salinas Pliego

#48. ...when we cease asking questions, when we stop being self-critical, and when we no longer engage with others, then we surrender our ability to grow--to progress. Let's begin the conversation.

Mehdi Ghafourifar

#49. Being overly critical of yourself is like having a relentless, inescapable bully who follows you everywhere you go and abuses you.

Bryant McGill

#50. Falsehood is a critical element in fiction. Part of the thrill of being told a story is the chance of being hoodwinked ... The telling of lies is a sort of sleight of hand that displays our deepest feelings about life.

John Cheever

#51. Those who are critical don't like being criticized, and those who are insensitive have a deficiency in their senses.

Suzy Kassem

#52. Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

Daniel Radcliffe

#53. They practice critical awareness by reality-checking the messages and expectations that tell us that being imperfect means being inadequate.

Brene Brown

#54. The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy.

Juan Williams

#55. In order for ethnology to live, its object must die; by dying, the object takes its revenge for being 'discovered' and with its death defies the science that wants to grasp it.

Jean Baudrillard

#56. There will be certain points of time when everything collides together and reaches critical mass around a new concept or a new thing that ends up being hugely relevant to a high percentage of people or businesses. But it's really really hard to predict those. I don't believe anyone can.

Marc Andreessen

#57. Disrupting yourself is critical to avoiding stagnation, being overtaken by low-end entrants (i.e., younger, smarter, faster workers), and fast-tracking your personal and career growth.

Whitney Johnson

#58. I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly.

Norman Lamm

#59. We need to learn to "read with a comb" - that is, developing a value system that gives us the ability to be critical of what we study. Here the word critical does not mean approaching our studies with a negative attitude. It means being cautious and discerning.

R.C. Sproul

#60. The notion of the measuring scale is critical in Hindu thought. The value of an object depends on the scale being followed. And since all scales are man-made, all values are artificial. Thus all opinions ultimately are delusions, based on man-made measuring scales.

Devdutt Pattanaik

#61. If this inner and critical voice has kept you safe for many years as your inner voice of authority, you may end up not being able to hear the real voice of God.

Richard Rohr

#62. I think the most critical needs of the African-American communities aren't being addressed primarily because of decisions being made by Republican Congressional leaders.

Melissa Harris-Perry

#63. In every interview I've got to explain something about being white but still being into hip hop. It's gone way beyond the musical aspect of the business. And I'm as critical about music as everybody else is.

Brian Austin Green

#64. Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate, all that - that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups.

Elon Musk

#65. The formula for success is every guy can make a difference for the entire team in whatever his role is. And to do it right, to get it right, is a critical factor in being successful.

Nick Saban

#66. I think self-criticism is sort of a given when you're an actor. It's also about being curious and not being flippant. Anyone who accepts being in this noble profession is automatically self-critical.

James Earl Jones

#67. Intellectual work is essentially a lonely process, and if you can find a way of doing something so that you're in company without being disturbed, that, for me, is the critical thing. I often get to feel isolated so often if I'm sitting either where there aren't people or isn't a view.

Whitfield Diffie

#68. this very act of consenting to its loss of control is itself the critical event of all crisis. To give up ones stature as the director of ones own existance: this is, for us, the ultimate death, the crisis that undermines our being in the most radical way.

Jerome A. Miller

#69. Critical in this process of wisdom being passed down is that you also need to take it in; you need to listen to it.

Andrew Zuckerman

#70. In so far as the culture industry arouses a feeling of well-being that the world is precisely in that order suggested by the culture industry, the substitute gratification which it prepares for human beings cheats them out of the same happiness which it deceitfully projects.

Theodor W. Adorno

#71. It's not the mathematical skill that's critical to winning; it's the discipline of being able to stick to the system.

Blair Hull

#72. The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the disposition to be meddlesome, critical, and overbearing.

Paul Harris

#73. Figuring out who you are and being true to yourself is not just important, but it is critical to being authentic.

Kim Garst

#74. Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But maybe that keeps me critical of myself. Maybe it keeps me moving forward.

Ben Affleck

#75. I found out that colonels can stay until they drop dead or get a walker and being a critical medical specialty as an Army trained emergency room doctor, I could stay until age 67.

Gerald Griffin

#76. Toronto was a great place to work, a fun place to work. People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.

Pat Burns

#77. Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974.

Jose Saramago

#78. I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

Ray Lamontagne

#79. The Israeli military plays more than a critical role in defending the citizens of the Jewish state. It also plays an important social, scientific and psychological role in preparing its young citizens for the challenging task of being Israelis in a difficult world.

Alan Dershowitz

#80. Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to me. And I can't help but think it was because I was never afraid to lose.

Pete Sampras

#81. Being smart was key; being careful was critical.
Being lucky didn't hurt.

Kate Brady

#82. I spent most of high school working on the debate team, probably at some expense to my grades. Being a member of the team was great training in critical analysis, organization, and logic.

David Einhorn

#83. A third variety of drama ... begins as tragedy with scraps of fun in it ... and ends in comedy without mirth in it, the place of mirth being taken by a more or less bitter and critical irony.

George Bernard Shaw

#84. I think most gypsies all over the world are used to being not really welcome and always on the run, expecting people to not like them and to be critical.

Noomi Rapace

#85. The security of computers and the Internet is a horrible and dangerous mess. Every week we hear about breaches of databases of Social Security numbers and financial information and health records, and about critical infrastructure being insecure.

Matt Blaze

#86. You are enough, which I believe is critical for any human being to get in their bones.

KaDee Strickland

#87. Sometimes there are leftwing governments I'm very critical of. For me, being leftwing is to live in a society where there's permanent change. It also means to respect the freedom of everybody, and to not accept big organizations or rich, powerful people holding power.

Costa-Gavras

#88. Critical thinking is a lost 'art' that has yet to be found, if it is even being looked for.

R. Alan Woods

#89. Am I being too critical? That's what happens when you feel shitty about yourself. You turn into a bitch.

Delia Ephron

#90. (The historian) was able to disapprove without being astonished. She could reject and still understand.

Sam Wineburg

#91. The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical.

Jim Carrey

#92. You can hit a home run. If you are honest, you'll know when it's perfect because at that critical moment of connection, there was no sense of being there. That is perfect play. There is no self involved.

Frederick Lenz

#93. How can we have critical thinking without being able to quote and being able to compare what happened in the past? Television is dreadfully unrecorded and unquotable.

Brewster Kahle

#94. Increasingly, those who used to teach and write critical or theoretical texts are writing fiction, poetry and so on; and kinds of texts are being produced that call for budding readers rather different from those who studied literature in the past.

Nicholas Royle

#95. There are two aspects to being competitive; one is to do with sports, and the other is about technical skills. Being able to recollect the moves and apply them when necessary is a critical aspect.

Viswanathan Anand

#96. Understanding what is being said is only a fraction of the task of communicating. Taking in signals from the entire context is critical.

Joanie Connell

#97. Quite often, the consequence of gaining literacy or critical consciousness is alienation not just from the values of the dominant culture, but from the ways of knowing and being that characterize one's own immediate family and community.

Margo V. Perkins

#98. It's not good for me to see things while they're being edited. I can be highly critical, so I try to stay away.

Jenny Slate

#99. [Photography] is the non-complacence of the eye. To practice my right to look is also a critical attitude. If I stare at you, I will make you uncomfortable, and culturally we have a difficulty of staring and being stared at.

Pedro Meyer

#100. My start in politics was watching my parents go to the polls on election day. It reminded me that being an active, engaged citizen and voter is critical to the success of our democracy.

Josh Earnest