“I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.”

“The one thing we will not do under any circumstances is accept ourselves as we are. We prefer to find an explanation for why things are not perfect, and these rarely stand up to close scrutiny.”

“...the Baron felt cold inside, certain that even the most careful manipulations would not stand up to the close scrutiny of these demonic auditors.”

“Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.”

“Philosophical systems have a habit of collapsing under the scrutiny of the next malcontent to come along.”

“Incidentally, the long-held idea that spices were used to mask rotting food doesn't stand up to much scrutiny. The only people who could afford most spices were the ones least likely to have bad meat, and anyway spices were too valuable to be used as a mask.”