The piecemeal criticism which, like the fly, scans only…

“Philosophy without criticism is like hunting deer without a shotgun, so, if you want people to like you, avoid robust philosophical debate.”

— Julian Baggini

“Criticism is like politics: if you don't make your own you are by default accepting the status quo and are finally yourself responsible for…

— Annie Finch

Criticism is, for me, like essay writing, a wonderful way of relaxation; it doesn't require a heightened and mediated voice, like prose fiction, but…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good; if meagre, muddy, vapid and sour, both are fit only…

— Charles Caleb Colton

As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions.

— John Gourley

Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.

— John Osborne

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

— Frank A. Clark

“Criticism, like swearing, is actually nothing more than a bad habit.”

— Richard Carlson

Criticism is like many other things, it drags along after what has already been said and doesn't get out of its rut.

— Eugene Delacroix

“once heard someone say that criticism is like a nut surrounded by a hard shell. The hard shell represents a projected experience from a…

— Chris Guillebeau

To many people, dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.

— John Mason Brown

Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Criticism is like medicine. It’s poison unless carefully administered at the right dose.

— Michael Hyatt

“Chances are like criticism; few like to take it, some love to give it, yet most never see it.”

— Carl Henegan

“Meaningful literary criticism is like penance to please Bhagwan Shiva and ask for wisdom for the world instead of material things for oneself when…

— Alok Mishra