Dissected Quotes
Reflections on being examined, judged, and picked apart
These quotes explore what it feels like to be publicly examined and judged, whether as an athlete, a private person, or a subject of criticism. Some connect to broader ideas found in Being quotes.
The human eye has long fascinated lovers, artists and physicians. The ancient Greeks dissected eyes, but struggled to understand how they worked, unclear as to whether they received or emanated light.
Time can be dissected easily: an hour can be cut up in many ways. Fifteen minutes on this memo, a five-minute walk to another meeting, 30 minutes at that meeting and then 10 minutes debriefing. Oh, and maybe a quick...
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I don't mind if my performances get dissected and people criticise what I've done on the pitch. They can talk about my game 24/7 for all I care. And a lot of those opinions and criticisms may actually be right....
Analyzed Quotes
At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
I am not someone who deserves to be dissected and analyzed like some tragic example of everything that can possibly go wrong for a professional athlete.
The walking wounded, impaired in life and dissected in death, were our primary clues to where and how parts of the brain work.
Being in love, and I'm not an expert in this, I've lived it as much as anyone has, but I've not dissected it.
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One line even traces the theme back to the ancient Greeks, who studied the human eye without fully grasping how it worked. Together these quotes show scrutiny as both painful and, in hindsight, worth understanding.
