Criticism Quotes · Page 43

Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.

— Natalia Makarova

Die to self: die to criticism, die to praise.

— Lee Roberson

Probably you have noted the resemblance of the critic to the crank.

— E. W. Howe

Some players benefit from criticism, but for others, they don't.

— Filipe Luis

“The need for phony praise needs to be unlearned.”

— Ray Dalio

It is difficult to heal the wound of reproach.

— Lucullus

Criticism is painful when it's not done with love.

— Alice Walker

Silence your critics. Ignore your haters. Delete your cynics.

— Robin Sharma

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no…

— W. Somerset Maugham

The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics.

— Ron Fournier

“The cause neither of truth nor of love is promoted by suppressing warranted criticism.”

— John Murray

Don't take criticism personally; take from it what's useful. Apply it and move on to something better.

— Catherine Tate

Serious rational criticism is so rare that it should be encouraged. Being too ready to defend oneself is more dangerous than being…

— Karl Popper

Morally, the life of the organization must be of exemplary nature. This is one phase where the organization must not have criticism.

— Vince Lombardi

Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on.

— Paula Abdul

“Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment.”

— Dale Carnegie

Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the…

— Jorge Luis Borges

There's always loose points that people bring up, which is great, and I think that's why you read criticism is because you…

— Joe Russo

Every time I get criticism from people, I learn from it and what to do the next time so there are fewer…

— Anna Biller

“The writers in the newspapers could sounds smart because they did not have the responsibilities of decision, and they could sound bold…

— Elton Trueblood

Surely the United States Senate is big enough to take self-criticism and self-appraisal. Surely we should be able to take the same…

— Margaret Chase Smith

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and…

— Willie Mays

When you decide to vehemently state the problem and bring the house down; have few suggestions at hand of how to solve…

— Nkululeko Goqo

Nonviolent Communication shows us a way of being very honest, but without any criticism, without any insults, without any put-downs, without any…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

I'm especially interested in what I call practitioner criticism, which is when people who practice an art form start writing about it…

— Terry Teachout

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There will be this mix of people like me who write for major national newspapers and amateur critics, practitioner critics, whose primary…

— Terry Teachout

“One critic complained to me that "Well, if you are right, we will have to rewrite the textbooks!" As if that were…

— John Anthony West

Narcissism is actually a clever guise adopted to mask its exact opposite, which is a deep well of self-loathing, a well of…

— Jeffrey Kluger

To turn Karl [Popper]'s view on its head, it is precisely the abandonment of critical discourse that marks the transition of science.…

— Thomas Kuhn

It is Chairman Mao who should be held primarily responsible for the Great Leap Forward. But it didn't take him long -…

— Deng Xiaoping

Criticism is hard for me but people find hard to believe because they think I'm very tough, very strident, that I tell…

— Ani DiFranco

To arrange a library is to practice in a quiet and modest way the art of criticism.

— Jorge Luis Borges

As a director, you're open to any kind of criticism.

— Theodore Melfi

A critic is a lug-worm in the liver of literature.

— Lawrence Durrell

The weapon of criticism can never replace the criticism of weapons.

— Karl Marx

Never judge another person by what their enemies say about them.

— Anonymous

Criticism is a painful pill to swallow, but it always makes you better.

— Wes Fesler

If there's criticism of my work that's legitimate. I'm ready to hear of it.

— Edward Klein

“Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks.”

— Shannon L. Alder