Top Critical Thinking Quotes

Most people believe most of the things they believe only because they believe that most people believe them.

Calling a book "Young Adult" is just a fancy way of saying the book is censored. People used to say they like to read books about romance, true crime, comedy, horror or science fiction. But these days...

What Is A Belief?

Every genuinely new technology has a genuinely new way of breaking – and every now and then, those malfunctions open a new door to the adjacent possible. Sometimes the way a new technology breaks is a...

If chess has any relationship to film-making, it would be in the way it helps you develop patience and discipline in choosing between alternatives at a time when an impulsive decision seems very attra...

Critical thinking is a necessary and vital skill".~R. Alan Woods [2012]

Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all t...

If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality.

Watch a man--say, a politician--being interviewed on television, an you are observing a demonstration of what both he and his interrogators learned in school: all questions have answers, and it is a g...

A man goes to a foreign country and kills somebody who's not aggressing against him; in a Hawaiian shirt he's a criminal, in a green costume he's a hero who gets a parade and a pension. So that, as a...

Actions & statements made on the basis of critical analysis & discernmentare not the same as divisiveness. Know the difference.

The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.

Instead of complaining, discover ways, tactics and tricks on how to reach out to people

No special academic expertise is required for insight into the Orwellian use of language, only clear thinking and common sense.

Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard wo...

I would like to believe that logic is questioning your reasoning to reach a conclusion.

Sunglasses are more useful to a blind man than freedom of speech is to a man who does not think for himself.

There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a painstaking labor of devotion and love! The colors are like no other, they swim and leap, they trick...

When we characterize talk as hot air, we mean that what comes out of the speaker’s mouth is only that. It is mere vapor. His speech is empty, without substance or content. His use of language, accordi...

To learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself.