The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author. — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
To my eye Rubens' colouring is most contemptible. His shadows are a filthy brown somewhat the colour of excrement. — William Blake Copy Share Image
To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid… — Steve Ross Copy Share Image
Scots they're either nice or they're horrid and these two are horrid. The Scots wont like that Eamon, thats bordering on racism.… — Eamon Dunphy Copy Share Image
“Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend.… — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
People have pointed out evidences of personal feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor, not knowing… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If someone who doesn't know anything about wicketkeeping finds a reason to criticise, you have to sift it out. It's about working… — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That's why I don't listen to anything that's anonymous. But… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
The American Jewish left gets a lot of press time. But the American Jewish right does not. And in many ways, the… — Michael Oren Copy Share Image
Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Writers on the subject of August Strindberg have hitherto omitted to mention that he could not write. ... Strindberg, who was neither… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. It depends on the mood of the man, whether he shall see… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
My main qualm about TV criticism has been when people review TV the way they review movies. They watch the pilot, and… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon the critic by the book he is… — DH Lawrence Copy Share Image
“So in this Hemisphere when the moon goes down, I sit in one of those all-night-into-mornings cafes, watching short short skies below… — Joseph Maviglia Copy Share Image
Political correctness is the fascism of the 90's, it is this rigid feeling that you have to keep your ideas and your… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
[N]o scientist likes to be criticized. ... But you don't reply to critics: "Wait a minute, wait a minute; this is a… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“If you love my work, you are a good critic. If you do not love my work, you are a 'not good'… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
A great deal of contemporary criticism reads to me like a man saying, 'Of course I do not like green cheese. I… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
We insist on near perfection in everyone except ourselves. But if our course is questioned we become offended. — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
Not taking criticism of your writing personally is an enormous step towards surviving the studio system. — Robert Ben Garant Copy Share Image
People can twist your words and intentions to mean something completely different, if so, let God be your judge, not them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It doesn't 'hurt' me, hearing criticism from ex-players. It probably disappoints me a little bit more. — Jack Wilshere Copy Share Image
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
It doesn't really matter what others may negatively think about you, all that truly matters is how you feel about yourself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We're professionals, we have to deal with criticism. We get talked about a lot but we have to focus on doing our… — Pepe Copy Share Image
If I was black or Hispanic, I wouldn't get any criticism. Because I'm white, people expect so much more out of me.… — Tommy Morrison Copy Share Image
Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Often the crowd does not recognize a leader until he has gone, and then they build a monument for him with the… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
Comparative criticism teaches us that moral and aesthetic defects are more nearly related than is commonly supposed. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Obviously there will be a backlash. If you believe the hype you have to believe a backlash too. Any criticism we get,… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
![“[N]o scientist likes to be criticized. ... But you don't reply to critics: "Wait a minute, wait a minute; this is a really good idea. I'm very fond of it. It's done you no harm. Please don't attack it." That's not the way it goes. The hard but just rule is that if the ideas don't work, you must…” quote by Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/bbf/carl-sagan-160_criticism_n-o-scientist-likes-to-be-criticized-but_877385.jpg)
