Criticalthinking Quotes

“Critics have a responsibility to put things in a cultural and sociological or political context. That is important.”
― Anthony Bourdain

“For me context is the key—from that comes the understanding of everything.”
― Kenneth Noland

“To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides.”
― William James

“Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context – a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.”
― Eliel Saarinen

“Critics have a responsibility to put things in a cultural and sociological or political context. That is important.”
― Annette Bening

“There's a difference between 'being' skeptical and 'identifying' as a skeptic. The latter requires upkeep.”
― Zzenn Loren

“The first rule of scientific thinking dictates that one must maintain skepticism toward the existing literature.”
― Sayem Sarkar

“Like many people, I like to imagine that I find my own path. But we are all influenced, to a greater extent than we are usually prepared to admit, by social consensus. We think along the lines laid down by others, follow paths already trodden. We see what others see, and ignore what they ignore. We might argue passionately about the small number of issues on which the spotlight falls, but, implicitly and unconsciously, we agree to overlook other topics, often of greater importance.”
― George Monbiot

“If you have managed to fool others, that is an art. But if you are fooling yourself, that is just stupidity.”
― Pranab Jyoti Borah

“My mind is the machine." -Anonymous”
― Bibiana Krall