The absence of ‘criticism’ is not Appreciation!!!

There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain.…

— G. H. Hardy

Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds.

— G. H. Hardy

“You may not appreciate the presence of good health, but you will definitely regret the absence of good health, because health is happiness.”

— Amit Kalantri

Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitude and appreciation have brought me joy and fulfilment.”

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

It is a melancholy experience for a professional mathematician to find himself writing about mathematics. The function of a mathematician is to do something,…

— G. H. Hardy

There are those who criticize everything. There are those who appreciate everything because no matter what, they are able to recognize the blessings of…

— Terry Mark

Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.

— T. S. Eliot

Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most…

— Aristotle

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

— Willa Cather

There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had…

— Toni Morrison

Local and state governments have outrun the federal government. The EPA has served notice that it will enact a rule requiring CO2 reductions by…

— Al Gore

Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he…

— William Greenough Thayer Shedd

The work, the work, the work. This is what the business is all about. This is the fun, the glory, the pleasure. It's the…

— Phil Dusenberry

Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it.

— James Howell