Quotes about Critical

Those who make uncritical observations or fraudulent claims lead us into error and deflect us from the major human goal of understanding how the world works. It is for this reason that playing fast and loose with the truth is a very serious matter.

Truth is always a turning point.

Reason is the most naive of all superstitions.

Writing, which was both painful and palliative for me, turned out to be my own way of giving blood in a crisis. I can only hope this unit of words will have a longer shelf life than the forty-two days of a unit of blood, as this critical time blends seamlessly into the next one.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Today many people in America slavishly devote themselves to a political party without engaging in critical analysis of whether the philosophies of that party are really in sync with their true values and with the betterment of their position in society. If decades of such devotion leads to more broken families, more out-of-wedlock births, more involvement with the criminal justice system, more poverty and more dependency on government, maybe it is time to ask whether such devotion is warranted.

We live in interesting times. Information overload can make it difficult to sift fact from fiction.

The most critical threat to our freedom is a failure to appreciate the power of truth.

Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.

A mistake would have been fatal. -Sherlock Holmes-

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and think critically. Intelligence plus character; that is the goal of a true education.

The work of the Energy Subcommittee of the Science, Space and Technology Committee is critical to our region.