Critical Quotes
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“I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I don't want to spend my life with someone who is always critical. So I am going to stop being my own critic. It's high time that I accept all the great things about me.”
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“Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.”
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“Be warned: A person content to sit with you and criticize others will speak critically of you out of earshot.”
― Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
― Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“The more he identifies with the dominant images of need, the less he understands his own life and his own desires. The spectacle鈥檚 estrangement from the acting subject is expressed by the fact that the individual鈥檚 gestures are no longer his own; they are the gestures of someone else who represents them to him.”
― The Society of the Spectacle
― The Society of the Spectacle

“and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical sense
and are not easy to fool with laughter”
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and are not easy to fool with laughter”
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“趩乇丕 讴丕乇 賵 亘丕乇 芦賱賵爻 亘丕夭蹖禄 爻讴賴 卮丿賴責
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 賲孬賱 賴賲 丨乇賮 賲蹖鈥屫操嗁嗀�: 芦丕賵賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 亘丕丨丕賱賴禄貙 芦賲蹖 丿賵賳蹖 丌丿賲丕禄貙 芦丕蹖 噩丕賳賲禄貙 芦丕夭鬲 乇丕囟蹖 丕賲禄 賵 ...
趩乇丕 夭賳丕賳 賵 丿禺鬲乇丕賳 丕丿丕蹖 賳賵夭丕丿丕賳 乇丕 丿乇 賲蹖鈥屫①堌辟嗀� 賵 賲乇丿丕賳 賵 倬爻乇丕賳 賮賯胤 賱賵丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩 讴爻 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賲賳丨氐乇 亘賴 賮乇丿蹖 賳丿丕乇丿責
趩乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫必迟嗀� 賲亘丕丿丕 亘丕 讴爻蹖 亘丨孬鈥屫簇з� 卮賵丿責
趩乇丕 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 噩賵丕賳蹖 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 趩賳丿 爻丕賱賴 賲蹖鈥屭堐屰� 芦丕丨賲賯禄貙 亘賴 噩丕蹖 丌賳讴賴 噩賵丕亘鬲 乇丕 丿賴丿貙 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫� :芦賵賯鬲 亘賴 禺蹖乇禄
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 芦倬丕賱鬲禄 賵 芦倬乇鬲賯丕賱 賲賳 讴噩丕蹖蹖禄 诏賵卮 賲蹖鈥屫囐嗀�
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩 讴爻 丿蹖诏乇 讴賱賴 卮賯蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 丿乇 蹖讴 賳亘乇丿 毓丕卮賯丕賳賴貙 乇賯蹖亘 乇丕 亘賴 芦丿賵卅賱禄 賮乇丕賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 毓丕卮賯 賮賵鬲亘丕賱 賵 鬲蹖賲 芦亘丕乇爻丕禄 賵 芦蹖賵賵賴禄 卮丿賴鈥屫з嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 賮賯胤 诏乇丕賮蹖讴 賵 亘丕夭丕乇蹖丕亘蹖 賵 賴賳乇賴丕蹖 鬲噩爻賲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀�
趩乇丕 丕夭 賲蹖夭 卮丕賲 賵 诏乇亘賴 賵 倬丕蹖 賱丕讴鈥屫藏� 毓讴爻 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟嗀�
趩乇丕 賵賯鬲蹖 蹖讴 卮亘 毓丕丿蹖 亘丕 丿賵爻鬲丕賳卮丕賳 噩丕蹖蹖 賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀� 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 爻丕丿賴 丿賴鈥屬囏� 亘丕乇 毓讴爻 爻賱賮蹖 賵 丿爻鬲噩賲毓蹖 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟嗀�
趩賴 丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 亘乇丕蹖鈥屫簇з� 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 讴賴 丕夭 丿蹖丿賳 亘乇賳丕賲賴 芦禺賳丿賵丕賳賴禄 蹖丕 胤賳夭賴丕蹖 亘蹖賳賲讴 賱匕鬲 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 爻蹖亘蹖賱鈥屬囏й� 丿爻鬲賴 賲賵鬲賵乇蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 賵 倬蹖乇丕賴賳 趩賴丕乇禺丕賳賴 賵 毓蹖賳讴鈥屬囏й� 倬鬲 賵 倬賴賳 賵 賲丕賳鬲賵賴丕蹖 趩丕丿乇诏賱 诏賱蹖 賵 卮賱賵丕乇賴丕蹖 賯乇賲夭 賵 爻亘夭 賵 讴丕賳賵乇爻 賵 讴賵賱賴 賲蹖鈥屬举堌促嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 丕蹖賳賯丿乇 诏賱 诏賱蹖 賵 毓乇賵爻讴蹖 賵 賲賱賵爻 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲責
趩乇丕 賴乇讴爻 乇丕 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫ㄛ屬嗃屫� 賴賮鬲賴 亘毓丿卮 賳賲丕蹖卮诏丕賴 蹖丕 讴丕乇诏丕賴 賲鬲賳鈥屫堌з嗃� 蹖丕 乇賵賳賲丕蹖蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕乇丿責
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟嗀� 賵 卮毓乇 賲蹖鈥屭堐屬嗀�
趩乇丕 丕蹖賳賯丿乇 毓讴丕爻 賵 芦讴丕乇诏乇丿丕賳 丕賵賱蹖禄 夭蹖丕丿 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲責
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩 讴爻 乇賲丕賳 賳賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫池�
趩乇丕 賴乇 讴爻 讴賴 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲丿鬲蹖 讴丕賮賴 賳卮蹖賳蹖貙 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 蹖丕 賲噩賱賴 丕丿亘蹖-賴賳乇蹖 鬲丕爻蹖爻 讴賳丿 蹖丕 賲鬲乇噩賲 賵 賲丿乇爻 卮賵丿責
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩讴爻 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 趩賳丿 丿賯蹖賯賴 亘丿賵賳 賲爻禺乇賴 亘丕夭蹖 蹖丕 鬲賯賱蹖丿 鬲讴賴 讴賱丕賲鈥屬囏й� 亘丕亘 乇賵夭貙 丿乇亘丕乇賴 賴乇 賲賵囟賵毓蹖 丨乇賮 亘夭賳丿責
趩乇丕 爻乇 賵 鬲賴 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 亘丕 丿賵 鬲丕 鬲丨賱蹖賱 賵 蹖讴 讴丕乇蹖讴丕鬲賵乇 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屫③屫�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 亘丕夭丕乇蹖丕亘 賵 丕蹖丿賴鈥屬矩必ж� 鬲亘賱蹖睾丕鬲 卮丿賴鈥屫з嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 讴丕賳鬲 賵 賴诏賱 賵 丕賮賱丕胤賵賳 蹖讴爻乇蹖 丨乇賮鈥屬囏й� 賳丕賲賮賴賵賲 夭丿賴鈥屫з嗀�
趩乇丕 丌丿丕亘 賲毓丕卮乇鬲 乇丕 丿乇 丨丿 噩賲毓 讴乇丿賳 丨賵丕爻 賵 賳蹖丕爻鬲丕丿賳 亘乇 爻乇 乇丕賴 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賵 亘賱賳丿 亘賱賳丿 賯賴賯賴賴 賳夭丿賳 丿乇 賲丨蹖胤 毓賲賵賲蹖貙 亘賱丿 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿責
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩讴爻貙 賴蹖趩 賲賵囟賵毓蹖 乇丕 鬲丕 丕賳鬲賴丕 倬蹖诏蹖乇蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩 讴爻 诏賱賴鈥屫й� 丕夭 乇賳诏 賯賴賵賴鈥屫й� 賵禺丕讴爻鬲乇蹖 丌爻賲丕賳 賳丿丕乇丿責
趩乇丕 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 倬賱 胤亘蹖毓鬲 賵 亘乇噩 賲蹖賱丕丿 丌孬丕乇 賲毓賲丕乇蹖 丕乇夭卮賲賳丿蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿責
趩乇丕 賵賯鬲蹖 爻诏 賵 诏乇亘賴 賲蹖鈥屫ㄛ屬嗁嗀� 亘賴 賳卮丕賳賴 賴蹖噩丕賳貙 丨乇讴丕鬲 毓噩蹖亘 賵 丕氐賵丕鬲 賳丕賲賮賴賵賲 丕夭 禺賵丿卮丕賳 丿乇 賲蹖鈥屫①堌辟嗀�
趩乇丕 賳诏乇丕賳賳丿 賲亘丕丿丕 芦噩丿蹖 賵 禺卮讴禄 噩賱賵賴 讴賳賳丿責
趩乇丕 賲丿丕賲 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 卮讴賱 丕睾乇丕賯 卮丿賴鈥屫й� 亘禺賳丿賳丿 賵 禺賵卮賲夭賴鈥屭� 讴賳賳丿責
趩乇丕 丕夭 賵丕跇诏丕賳蹖 趩賵賳 芦卮乇賲禄貙 芦賮乇賵鬲賳蹖禄貙芦卮乇丕賮鬲禄 賵 ... 禺賳丿賴鈥屫簇з� 賲蹖鈥屭屫必�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 賲蹖鈥屫必迟嗀� 讴爻蹖 亘乇賳噩丿 賵 賳丕趩丕乇 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿乇 诏乇丿丕亘 禺丕賱賴 夭賳讴蹖 睾乇賯 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�
趩乇丕 賵丨卮鬲 丕夭 芦鬲賵賴蹖賳禄貙 讴丕乇 乇丕 亘賴 鬲丕蹖蹖丿 讴賱丕卮丕賳 賵 卮丕乇賱鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賴 丕爻鬲責
趩乇丕 丕蹖賳賴賲賴 賲乇丕爻賲 亘夭乇诏丿丕卮鬲 丕蹖賳 賵 丌賳 亘乇诏夭丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 讴賵丿讴 氐賮鬲 卮丿賴鈥屫з嗀� 賵 賲丿丕賲 毓讴爻鈥屬囏й� 趩賳丿 賲丕賴诏蹖 賵 讴丕乇丕讴鬲乇賴丕蹖 毓乇賵爻讴蹖 賵 讴丕乇鬲賵賳蹖 乇丕 賲乇賵乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 亘賴 賲蹖丕賳噩蹖 禺蹖乇蹖賴鈥屬囏� 賵 卮蹖丕丿賴丕貙 亘丕 乇賳噩鈥屬囏й� 亘卮乇蹖 賲賵丕噩賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�
趩乇丕 亘賴 卮讴賱 亘蹖賲丕乇诏賵賳賴鈥屫й� 賯乇亘丕賳 氐丿賯賴 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀�
趩乇丕 鬲蹖乇丕跇 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏� 300 賳爻禺賴 丕爻鬲責
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 丿乇 卮讴爻鬲賳 诏乇丿賳 乇賵卮賳賮讴乇丕賳 丕夭 丨讴賵賲鬲 爻亘賯鬲 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟嗀�
趩乇丕 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀� 禺賵丿賮乇賵禺鬲诏蹖 乇丕 賲丨讴賵賲 讴賳賳丿責
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩 賲賵囟毓蹖 賳丿丕乇賳丿責
賵 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 趩乇丕 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 禺蹖賱蹖 亘丕賴賵卮貙 卮乇蹖賮貙 鬲丕噩 爻乇 亘卮乇蹖鬲 賵 賲賱鬲蹖 亘乇诏夭蹖丿賴 賴爻鬲賳丿責”
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趩乇丕 賴賲賴 賲孬賱 賴賲 丨乇賮 賲蹖鈥屫操嗁嗀�: 芦丕賵賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 亘丕丨丕賱賴禄貙 芦賲蹖 丿賵賳蹖 丌丿賲丕禄貙 芦丕蹖 噩丕賳賲禄貙 芦丕夭鬲 乇丕囟蹖 丕賲禄 賵 ...
趩乇丕 夭賳丕賳 賵 丿禺鬲乇丕賳 丕丿丕蹖 賳賵夭丕丿丕賳 乇丕 丿乇 賲蹖鈥屫①堌辟嗀� 賵 賲乇丿丕賳 賵 倬爻乇丕賳 賮賯胤 賱賵丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩 讴爻 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賲賳丨氐乇 亘賴 賮乇丿蹖 賳丿丕乇丿責
趩乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫必迟嗀� 賲亘丕丿丕 亘丕 讴爻蹖 亘丨孬鈥屫簇з� 卮賵丿責
趩乇丕 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 噩賵丕賳蹖 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 趩賳丿 爻丕賱賴 賲蹖鈥屭堐屰� 芦丕丨賲賯禄貙 亘賴 噩丕蹖 丌賳讴賴 噩賵丕亘鬲 乇丕 丿賴丿貙 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫� :芦賵賯鬲 亘賴 禺蹖乇禄
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 芦倬丕賱鬲禄 賵 芦倬乇鬲賯丕賱 賲賳 讴噩丕蹖蹖禄 诏賵卮 賲蹖鈥屫囐嗀�
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩 讴爻 丿蹖诏乇 讴賱賴 卮賯蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 丿乇 蹖讴 賳亘乇丿 毓丕卮賯丕賳賴貙 乇賯蹖亘 乇丕 亘賴 芦丿賵卅賱禄 賮乇丕賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 毓丕卮賯 賮賵鬲亘丕賱 賵 鬲蹖賲 芦亘丕乇爻丕禄 賵 芦蹖賵賵賴禄 卮丿賴鈥屫з嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 賮賯胤 诏乇丕賮蹖讴 賵 亘丕夭丕乇蹖丕亘蹖 賵 賴賳乇賴丕蹖 鬲噩爻賲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀�
趩乇丕 丕夭 賲蹖夭 卮丕賲 賵 诏乇亘賴 賵 倬丕蹖 賱丕讴鈥屫藏� 毓讴爻 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟嗀�
趩乇丕 賵賯鬲蹖 蹖讴 卮亘 毓丕丿蹖 亘丕 丿賵爻鬲丕賳卮丕賳 噩丕蹖蹖 賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀� 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 爻丕丿賴 丿賴鈥屬囏� 亘丕乇 毓讴爻 爻賱賮蹖 賵 丿爻鬲噩賲毓蹖 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟嗀�
趩賴 丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 亘乇丕蹖鈥屫簇з� 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 讴賴 丕夭 丿蹖丿賳 亘乇賳丕賲賴 芦禺賳丿賵丕賳賴禄 蹖丕 胤賳夭賴丕蹖 亘蹖賳賲讴 賱匕鬲 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 爻蹖亘蹖賱鈥屬囏й� 丿爻鬲賴 賲賵鬲賵乇蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 賵 倬蹖乇丕賴賳 趩賴丕乇禺丕賳賴 賵 毓蹖賳讴鈥屬囏й� 倬鬲 賵 倬賴賳 賵 賲丕賳鬲賵賴丕蹖 趩丕丿乇诏賱 诏賱蹖 賵 卮賱賵丕乇賴丕蹖 賯乇賲夭 賵 爻亘夭 賵 讴丕賳賵乇爻 賵 讴賵賱賴 賲蹖鈥屬举堌促嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 丕蹖賳賯丿乇 诏賱 诏賱蹖 賵 毓乇賵爻讴蹖 賵 賲賱賵爻 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲責
趩乇丕 賴乇讴爻 乇丕 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫ㄛ屬嗃屫� 賴賮鬲賴 亘毓丿卮 賳賲丕蹖卮诏丕賴 蹖丕 讴丕乇诏丕賴 賲鬲賳鈥屫堌з嗃� 蹖丕 乇賵賳賲丕蹖蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕乇丿責
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟嗀� 賵 卮毓乇 賲蹖鈥屭堐屬嗀�
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賵 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 趩乇丕 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 禺蹖賱蹖 亘丕賴賵卮貙 卮乇蹖賮貙 鬲丕噩 爻乇 亘卮乇蹖鬲 賵 賲賱鬲蹖 亘乇诏夭蹖丿賴 賴爻鬲賳丿責”
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“Those who are critical don鈥檛 like being criticized, and those who are insensitive have a deficiency in their senses.”
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“Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“The story of terrorism is written by the state and it is therefore highly instructive鈥� compared with terrorism, everything else must be acceptable, or in any case more rational and democratic.”
― The Society of the Spectacle
― The Society of the Spectacle

“You know that sickening feeling of inadequacy and over-exposure you feel when you look upon your own empurpled prose? Relax into the awareness that this ghastly sensation will never, ever leave you, no matter how successful and publicly lauded you become. It is intrinsic to the real business of writing and should be cherished.”
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“Hypercritical, Shaming Parents
Hypercritical and shaming parents send the same message to their children as perfectionistic parents do - that they are never good enough. Parents often deliberately shame their children into minding them without realizing the disruptive impact shame can have on a child's sense of self. Statements such as "You should be ashamed of yourself" or "Shame on you" are obvious examples. Yet these types of overtly shaming statements are actually easier for the child to defend against than are more subtle forms of shaming, such as contempt, humiliation, and public shaming.
There are many ways that parents shame their children. These include belittling, blaming, contempt, humiliation, and disabling expectations.
-BELITTLING. Comments such as "You're too old to want to be held" or "You're just a cry-baby" are horribly humiliating to a child. When a parent makes a negative comparison between his or her child and another, such as "Why can't you act like Jenny? See how she sits quietly while her mother is talking," it is not only humiliating but teaches a child to always compare himself or herself with peers and find himself or herself deficient by comparison.
-BLAMING. When a child makes a mistake, such as breaking a vase while rough-housing, he or she needs to take responsibility. But many parents go way beyond teaching a lesson by blaming and berating the child: "You stupid idiot! Do you think money grows on trees? I don't have money to buy new vases!" The only thing this accomplishes is shaming the child to such an extent that he or she cannot find a way to walk away from the situation with his or her head held high.
-CONTEMPT. Expressions of disgust or contempt communicate absolute rejection. The look of contempt (often a sneer or a raised upper lip), especially from someone who is significant to a child, can make him or her feel disgusting or offensive. When I was a child, my mother had an extremely negative attitude toward me. Much of the time she either looked at me with the kind of expectant expression that said, "What are you up to now?" or with a look of disapproval or disgust over what I had already done. These looks were extremely shaming to me, causing me to feel that there was something terribly wrong with me.
-HUMILIATION. There are many ways a parent can humiliate a child, such as making him or her wear clothes that have become dirty. But as Gershen Kaufman stated in his book Shame: The Power of Caring, "There is no more humiliating experience than to have another person who is clearly the stronger and more powerful take advantage of that power and give us a beating." I can personally attest to this. In addition to shaming me with her contemptuous looks, my mother often punished me by hitting me with the branch of a tree, and she often did this outside, in front of the neighbors. The humiliation I felt was like a deep wound to my soul.
-DISABLING EXPECTATIONS. Parents who have an inordinate need to have their child excel at a particular activity or skill are likely to behave in ways that pressure the child to do more and more. According to Kaufman, when a child becomes aware of the real possibility of failing to meet parental expectations, he or she often experiences a binding self-consciousness. This self-consciousness - the painful watching of oneself - is very disabling. When something is expected of us in this way, attaining the goal is made harder, if not impossible.
Yet another way that parents induce shame in their children is by communicating to them that they are a disappointment to them. Such messages as "I can't believe you could do such a thing" or "I am deeply disappointed in you" accompanied by a disapproving tone of voice and facial expression can crush a child's spirit.”
― The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused -- And Start Standing Up for Yourself
Hypercritical and shaming parents send the same message to their children as perfectionistic parents do - that they are never good enough. Parents often deliberately shame their children into minding them without realizing the disruptive impact shame can have on a child's sense of self. Statements such as "You should be ashamed of yourself" or "Shame on you" are obvious examples. Yet these types of overtly shaming statements are actually easier for the child to defend against than are more subtle forms of shaming, such as contempt, humiliation, and public shaming.
There are many ways that parents shame their children. These include belittling, blaming, contempt, humiliation, and disabling expectations.
-BELITTLING. Comments such as "You're too old to want to be held" or "You're just a cry-baby" are horribly humiliating to a child. When a parent makes a negative comparison between his or her child and another, such as "Why can't you act like Jenny? See how she sits quietly while her mother is talking," it is not only humiliating but teaches a child to always compare himself or herself with peers and find himself or herself deficient by comparison.
-BLAMING. When a child makes a mistake, such as breaking a vase while rough-housing, he or she needs to take responsibility. But many parents go way beyond teaching a lesson by blaming and berating the child: "You stupid idiot! Do you think money grows on trees? I don't have money to buy new vases!" The only thing this accomplishes is shaming the child to such an extent that he or she cannot find a way to walk away from the situation with his or her head held high.
-CONTEMPT. Expressions of disgust or contempt communicate absolute rejection. The look of contempt (often a sneer or a raised upper lip), especially from someone who is significant to a child, can make him or her feel disgusting or offensive. When I was a child, my mother had an extremely negative attitude toward me. Much of the time she either looked at me with the kind of expectant expression that said, "What are you up to now?" or with a look of disapproval or disgust over what I had already done. These looks were extremely shaming to me, causing me to feel that there was something terribly wrong with me.
-HUMILIATION. There are many ways a parent can humiliate a child, such as making him or her wear clothes that have become dirty. But as Gershen Kaufman stated in his book Shame: The Power of Caring, "There is no more humiliating experience than to have another person who is clearly the stronger and more powerful take advantage of that power and give us a beating." I can personally attest to this. In addition to shaming me with her contemptuous looks, my mother often punished me by hitting me with the branch of a tree, and she often did this outside, in front of the neighbors. The humiliation I felt was like a deep wound to my soul.
-DISABLING EXPECTATIONS. Parents who have an inordinate need to have their child excel at a particular activity or skill are likely to behave in ways that pressure the child to do more and more. According to Kaufman, when a child becomes aware of the real possibility of failing to meet parental expectations, he or she often experiences a binding self-consciousness. This self-consciousness - the painful watching of oneself - is very disabling. When something is expected of us in this way, attaining the goal is made harder, if not impossible.
Yet another way that parents induce shame in their children is by communicating to them that they are a disappointment to them. Such messages as "I can't believe you could do such a thing" or "I am deeply disappointed in you" accompanied by a disapproving tone of voice and facial expression can crush a child's spirit.”
― The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused -- And Start Standing Up for Yourself

“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.”
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“No churchmen, I notice. Of course not. What use have they for a world without irrational fear?”
― The Fear Institute
― The Fear Institute
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趩乇丕 丕蹖賳賯丿乇 毓讴丕爻 賵 芦讴丕乇诏乇丿丕賳 丕賵賱蹖禄 夭蹖丕丿 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲責
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趩乇丕 賴乇 讴爻 讴賴 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲丿鬲蹖 讴丕賮賴 賳卮蹖賳蹖貙 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 蹖丕 賲噩賱賴 丕丿亘蹖-賴賳乇蹖 鬲丕爻蹖爻 讴賳丿 蹖丕 賲鬲乇噩賲 賵 賲丿乇爻 卮賵丿責
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩讴爻 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 趩賳丿 丿賯蹖賯賴 亘丿賵賳 賲爻禺乇賴 亘丕夭蹖 蹖丕 鬲賯賱蹖丿 鬲讴賴 讴賱丕賲鈥屬囏й� 亘丕亘 乇賵夭貙 丿乇亘丕乇賴 賴乇 賲賵囟賵毓蹖 丨乇賮 亘夭賳丿責
趩乇丕 爻乇 賵 鬲賴 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 亘丕 丿賵 鬲丕 鬲丨賱蹖賱 賵 蹖讴 讴丕乇蹖讴丕鬲賵乇 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屫③屫�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 亘丕夭丕乇蹖丕亘 賵 丕蹖丿賴”
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趩乇丕 賴賲賴 賲孬賱 賴賲 丨乇賮 賲蹖鈥屫操嗁嗀�: 芦丕賵賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 亘丕丨丕賱賴禄貙 芦賲蹖 丿賵賳蹖 丌丿賲丕禄貙 芦丕蹖 噩丕賳賲禄貙 芦丕夭鬲 乇丕囟蹖 丕賲禄 賵 ...
趩乇丕 夭賳丕賳 賵 丿禺鬲乇丕賳 丕丿丕蹖 賳賵夭丕丿丕賳 乇丕 丿乇 賲蹖鈥屫①堌辟嗀� 賵 賲乇丿丕賳 賵 倬爻乇丕賳 賮賯胤 賱賵丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩 讴爻 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賲賳丨氐乇 亘賴 賮乇丿蹖 賳丿丕乇丿責
趩乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫必迟嗀� 賲亘丕丿丕 亘丕 讴爻蹖 亘丨孬鈥屫簇з� 卮賵丿責
趩乇丕 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 噩賵丕賳蹖 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 趩賳丿 爻丕賱賴 賲蹖鈥屭堐屰� 芦丕丨賲賯禄貙 亘賴 噩丕蹖 丌賳讴賴 噩賵丕亘鬲 乇丕 丿賴丿貙 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫� :芦賵賯鬲 亘賴 禺蹖乇禄
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 芦倬丕賱鬲禄 賵 芦倬乇鬲賯丕賱 賲賳 讴噩丕蹖蹖禄 诏賵卮 賲蹖鈥屫囐嗀�
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩 讴爻 丿蹖诏乇 讴賱賴 卮賯蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 丿乇 蹖讴 賳亘乇丿 毓丕卮賯丕賳賴貙 乇賯蹖亘 乇丕 亘賴 芦丿賵卅賱禄 賮乇丕賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 毓丕卮賯 賮賵鬲亘丕賱 賵 鬲蹖賲 芦亘丕乇爻丕禄 賵 芦蹖賵賵賴禄 卮丿賴鈥屫з嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 賮賯胤 诏乇丕賮蹖讴 賵 亘丕夭丕乇蹖丕亘蹖 賵 賴賳乇賴丕蹖 鬲噩爻賲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀�
趩乇丕 丕夭 賲蹖夭 卮丕賲 賵 诏乇亘賴 賵 倬丕蹖 賱丕讴鈥屫藏� 毓讴爻 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟嗀�
趩乇丕 賵賯鬲蹖 蹖讴 卮亘 毓丕丿蹖 亘丕 丿賵爻鬲丕賳卮丕賳 噩丕蹖蹖 賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀� 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 爻丕丿賴 丿賴鈥屬囏� 亘丕乇 毓讴爻 爻賱賮蹖 賵 丿爻鬲噩賲毓蹖 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟嗀�
趩賴 丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 亘乇丕蹖鈥屫簇з� 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 讴賴 丕夭 丿蹖丿賳 亘乇賳丕賲賴 芦禺賳丿賵丕賳賴禄 蹖丕 胤賳夭賴丕蹖 亘蹖賳賲讴 賱匕鬲 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 爻蹖亘蹖賱鈥屬囏й� 丿爻鬲賴 賲賵鬲賵乇蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 賵 倬蹖乇丕賴賳 趩賴丕乇禺丕賳賴 賵 毓蹖賳讴鈥屬囏й� 倬鬲 賵 倬賴賳 賵 賲丕賳鬲賵賴丕蹖 趩丕丿乇诏賱 诏賱蹖 賵 卮賱賵丕乇賴丕蹖 賯乇賲夭 賵 爻亘夭 賵 讴丕賳賵乇爻 賵 讴賵賱賴 賲蹖鈥屬举堌促嗀�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 丕蹖賳賯丿乇 诏賱 诏賱蹖 賵 毓乇賵爻讴蹖 賵 賲賱賵爻 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲責
趩乇丕 賴乇讴爻 乇丕 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫ㄛ屬嗃屫� 賴賮鬲賴 亘毓丿卮 賳賲丕蹖卮诏丕賴 蹖丕 讴丕乇诏丕賴 賲鬲賳鈥屫堌з嗃� 蹖丕 乇賵賳賲丕蹖蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕乇丿責
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟嗀� 賵 卮毓乇 賲蹖鈥屭堐屬嗀�
趩乇丕 丕蹖賳賯丿乇 毓讴丕爻 賵 芦讴丕乇诏乇丿丕賳 丕賵賱蹖禄 夭蹖丕丿 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲責
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩 讴爻 乇賲丕賳 賳賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫池�
趩乇丕 賴乇 讴爻 讴賴 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲丿鬲蹖 讴丕賮賴 賳卮蹖賳蹖貙 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 蹖丕 賲噩賱賴 丕丿亘蹖-賴賳乇蹖 鬲丕爻蹖爻 讴賳丿 蹖丕 賲鬲乇噩賲 賵 賲丿乇爻 卮賵丿責
趩乇丕 賴蹖趩讴爻 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 趩賳丿 丿賯蹖賯賴 亘丿賵賳 賲爻禺乇賴 亘丕夭蹖 蹖丕 鬲賯賱蹖丿 鬲讴賴 讴賱丕賲鈥屬囏й� 亘丕亘 乇賵夭貙 丿乇亘丕乇賴 賴乇 賲賵囟賵毓蹖 丨乇賮 亘夭賳丿責
趩乇丕 爻乇 賵 鬲賴 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 亘丕 丿賵 鬲丕 鬲丨賱蹖賱 賵 蹖讴 讴丕乇蹖讴丕鬲賵乇 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屫③屫�
趩乇丕 賴賲賴 亘丕夭丕乇蹖丕亘 賵 丕蹖丿賴”
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“Thus, by science I mean, first of all, a worldview giving primacy to reason and observation and a methodology aimed at acquiring accurate knowledge of the natural and social world. This methodology is characterized, above all else, by the critical spirit: namely, the commitment to the incessant testing of assertions through observations and/or experiments 鈥� the more stringent the tests, the better 鈥� and to revising or discarding those theories that fail the test. One corollary of the critical spirit is fallibilism: namely, the understanding that all our empirical knowledge is tentative, incomplete and open to revision in the light of new evidence or cogent new arguments (though, of course, the most well-established aspects of scientific knowledge are unlikely to be discarded entirely).
. . . I stress that my use of the term 'science' is not limited to the natural sciences, but includes investigations aimed at acquiring accurate knowledge of factual matters relating to any aspect of the world by using rational empirical methods analogous to those employed in the natural sciences. (Please note the limitation to questions of fact. I intentionally exclude from my purview questions of ethics, aesthetics, ultimate purpose, and so forth.) Thus, 'science' (as I use the term) is routinely practiced not only by physicists, chemists and biologists, but also by historians, detectives, plumbers and indeed all human beings in (some aspects of) our daily lives. (Of course, the fact that we all practice science from time to time does not mean that we all practice it equally well, or that we practice it equally well in all areas of our lives.)”
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. . . I stress that my use of the term 'science' is not limited to the natural sciences, but includes investigations aimed at acquiring accurate knowledge of factual matters relating to any aspect of the world by using rational empirical methods analogous to those employed in the natural sciences. (Please note the limitation to questions of fact. I intentionally exclude from my purview questions of ethics, aesthetics, ultimate purpose, and so forth.) Thus, 'science' (as I use the term) is routinely practiced not only by physicists, chemists and biologists, but also by historians, detectives, plumbers and indeed all human beings in (some aspects of) our daily lives. (Of course, the fact that we all practice science from time to time does not mean that we all practice it equally well, or that we practice it equally well in all areas of our lives.)”
―

“What had once been their greatest strength--their perceived docility and obedience, their relative invisibility--had become their weakness. The narrative flipped. Now their Asian features read as scheming, perfidious, sly.”
― Counterfeit
― Counterfeit

“One of the worst things that you can do is to pretend that what you鈥檙e actually sowing are seeds, that you鈥檙e actually sowing them in soil, and that you鈥檝e actually left your living room to do either.”
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“To fight for greater things is the essence of our humanity. Therefore, to fall to the skepticism of those for whom the essence of the fight is lost is to lose the greater fight for the essence of our humanity.”
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“If you don鈥檛 resist it, once critical people have had their say, they鈥檙e done with it. Say 鈥淭hanks for being honest鈥� or 鈥淭hanks for taking the time to let me know how you feel鈥� or 鈥淭hanks for caring so much.鈥� Simple, subtle, and sweet.”
― Dealing with People You Can't Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst
― Dealing with People You Can't Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst
“I place my stethoscope onto their chest to listen for the lub-dub sound of the heart valves. Then I wait. I wait a long, silent, slow five minutes. I listen for silence and feel for the presence of absence. No sound is heard and no pulse is felt.”
― Critical: Science and Stories from the Brink of Human Life
― Critical: Science and Stories from the Brink of Human Life

“I have been critical of the undemocratic rule, but now I think it may be the option of neutral law, but not martial law, which is essential for the stability and unity of Pakistan's state, constitution, economy, and institutions to eliminate the democratic mafia and terror.”
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“Maybe one of the greatest criticisms that we can levy against ourselves is our unwillingness to stand against the criticisms that people levy against themselves.”
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“You're calling me shallow? So you know so much about this, huh? Which restaurants have you worked in?" He held his hands out. "Where are your scars?"
I stiffened. I shouldn't have to pour out any of my pain for him to take me seriously. "I don't have to have worked in a restaurant to know what makes cooking really good," I snapped.
He folded his arms like a sulky fourteen-year-old. "Then educate me."
That clearly wasn't an invitation, but screw it. I stood up and planted my hands on the table. "Caring. I don't mean for the details. I mean caring for the person who's going to eat it. Giving them a little piece of what you love the most." I jabbed my finger at my plate. "All of these dishes, they're just about showing off."
He rubbed his forearm hard, his face stony. "But I won Fire on High. I'm kind of a big deal, in case you didn't know. I think it's OK for me to show off."
I held up a finger. "You won one competition," I said slowly, contempt sneaking into my voice. "This year. Can you name the person who won two years ago? Three? Unless you take this seriously, your book will gather dust in a remainder pile somewhere, a historical record of a leprechaun in a stupid bandanna who was famous for a hot second."
The stone in his expression crumbled away. Bright green eyes flashed, hands clenched. His mouth opened and closed, and finally he hissed, "Who the fuck are you to tell me that? You're nobody. You can't even get your own name on a book. Who gives a shit what you think?"
My voice shot high with anger. "I'm the woman who has to clean up your mess, you entitled, arrogant brat."
It was quiet. Not the silence of people eating delicious food. It was post-atomic-bomb explosion quiet.”
― The Slowest Burn
I stiffened. I shouldn't have to pour out any of my pain for him to take me seriously. "I don't have to have worked in a restaurant to know what makes cooking really good," I snapped.
He folded his arms like a sulky fourteen-year-old. "Then educate me."
That clearly wasn't an invitation, but screw it. I stood up and planted my hands on the table. "Caring. I don't mean for the details. I mean caring for the person who's going to eat it. Giving them a little piece of what you love the most." I jabbed my finger at my plate. "All of these dishes, they're just about showing off."
He rubbed his forearm hard, his face stony. "But I won Fire on High. I'm kind of a big deal, in case you didn't know. I think it's OK for me to show off."
I held up a finger. "You won one competition," I said slowly, contempt sneaking into my voice. "This year. Can you name the person who won two years ago? Three? Unless you take this seriously, your book will gather dust in a remainder pile somewhere, a historical record of a leprechaun in a stupid bandanna who was famous for a hot second."
The stone in his expression crumbled away. Bright green eyes flashed, hands clenched. His mouth opened and closed, and finally he hissed, "Who the fuck are you to tell me that? You're nobody. You can't even get your own name on a book. Who gives a shit what you think?"
My voice shot high with anger. "I'm the woman who has to clean up your mess, you entitled, arrogant brat."
It was quiet. Not the silence of people eating delicious food. It was post-atomic-bomb explosion quiet.”
― The Slowest Burn
“The Term 'Conspiracy Theory' is nothing more than a provocative Catchword, which every unknowing Fool can throw against a critical Thinker's Head, just to desperately try to humiliate him.”
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