#vital

Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#block #close #cynicism #journalist #necessary

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#continuing #his #measure #noting #perspective

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. ↗

— Plato

#history #nearer #than #truth #vital

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#country #dear #democracy #democratic #democratic process

Once again, we see the Bush administration paying for its failed policies by cutting funds to vital public services and jeopardizing more American jobs. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#again #american #american jobs #bush #bush administration

If co-operation, is thus the lifeblood of science and technology, it is similarly vital to society as a whole. ↗

— Arthur Holly Compton

#lifeblood #science #similarly #society #technology

I mean there's certainly a lot of progressive rock and metal that exists at the underground level, which has its own vitality, as it should. But it seems to have lost its ability to really charge up the hill. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#certainly #charge #exists #hill #i

It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress. ↗

— Ma Jian

#barred #being #both #caused #china

Our culture, language, history, and values are vital to uniting us as a nation. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#history #language #nation #our #uniting

Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the federal bureaucracy. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#bouncing #bureaucracy #classroom #dollars #education