We mistakenly equate flattery to friendship and criticism…

Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,…

— Ishmael Reed

I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger…

— Mary Beard

A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional…

— Cyril Norman Hinshelwood

For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe…

— Geneen Roth

I reject criticism because the last thing I wanted was to sit there and look at people talking. I think people are conditioned to…

— Matt Tyrnauer

I'm more comfortable modelling as a man because I don't get any criticism.

— Rain Dove

I don't mind positive criticism, but when it is negative and personal, it is quite hard.

— Inzamam-ul-Haq

Judge a person not by his ability to make money but by his ability to retain it.

— Vikrant Parsai

Everything is allowable in literature, but what is not allowable in criticism is objection on the grounds of probability.

— Howard Jacobson

Lots of relationships fail because we spend more time pointing out each other's mistakes and not enough time enjoying each other's company.

— Anonymous

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise

— Samuel Johnson

No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

People believe that criticism should be objective, whatever that means, but I really don't understand what people mean by that. I guess if you're…

— Robert Christgau

I welcome criticism. I come from a - I wouldn't say mean, but you've got to have tough skin to be in my family.

— Saweetie

The good author is he who contemplates without marked joy or excessive sorrow the adventures of his soul amongst criticisms.

— Joseph Conrad