There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.
The lyrics are critical of dogmatic belief, too, as I see it in many lifestyles and philosophy religious or otherwise.
In the absence of wake-up calls, many of us never really confront the critical issues of life.
Cuvier had preceded Lamarck in specifying the kinds and degrees of variation, which his own observations and critical judgment of the reports of others led him to admit.
I am honored to be able to serve GM at this critical juncture and take part in its reinvention.
The more feedback you give to people, the better it is, as long as the feedback is objective and not critical.
Don't depend on acting as your sole source of income. Work nights, so you can have your days off to attend auditions. Have something to fall back on. That's what my mother taught me, and it's critical in Hollywood.
I'll co-host 'TODAY' from Los Angeles Saturday morning and then make my way up to Merced for that evening's graduation ceremony. I'm still touching up my remarks, but my challenge to the Class of 2010 will be to break through the deafening and too often negative echo chamber of the digital era and become critical and independent thinkers.
But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can't remember ever reading a story without judging it.
There is a tendency just to talk about foreign investors. Over 80 per cent of new investment in the South African economy is South African and therefore the engagement of the South African investor is also a critical part of this process.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial resources.
Theology is reflection, a critical attitude. The commitment of love, of service, comes first. Theology follows; it is the second step.
From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old people going fishing with young people and teaching them things. I'm very, very critical.
It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'; that it was the first government which made a criticism of administration as much a part of the polity as administration itself. This critical opposition is the consequence of cabinet government.
I follow many tragedies around the world. At one point I [will] feel like I've accumulated an enormous amount of information, a critical mass amount of information, and I feel like acting - reacting. My manifesto has always been the same: I cannot act in the world before understanding the world. I will not move a finger. I will not come up with any ideas - nothing - until I actually understand what is happening.
The critical task is necessarily comparative, and younger people do not truly know what is new
I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
I think we have to talk about educating the people for critical consciousness about what anarchy is.
If asked my opinion about virginity, I would say, "I'm opposed to it. " I don't think it deserves to be celebrated, at any rate. Or at least, if I'm not opposed, I'm very highly skeptical and critical of it.