Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The asymmetries of power that have shaped relations between the West and the rest of the world also exist in the realm… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
...smoking is just a habit. 'Tolstoy', she said, mentioning someone I hadn't met, 'says that just as much pleasure can be got… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
The criticism does not hurt because I have always been my own worst critic. I wouldn't say I don't respect other people's… — Tony McCoy Copy Share Image
When I made my first film, Basquiat, I think one of the criticisms was that the way I work is episodic. Later,… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I don't like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong — Paul Scholes Copy Share Image
I think the whole emphasis in England, in universities, on practical criticism (but not that so much as on historical criticism, knowing… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“The most dangerous negativity comes from ourselves in the form of doubts, fears and unreasonable self-criticisms.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
It's difficult to not be able to just be yourself without criticism in any position, whether you're in high school, college, or… — Raven-Symone Copy Share Image
P&G started in 1837, Nestle in 1857. These companies have been around for so long because they are in tune with society.… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
The first modern novel was already a product, even an expression, of negative criticism: 'Don Quixote' contains a quite explicit critique of… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Take negative things that come your way such as insults others may hurl at you and make something positive from them — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Criticism is the endeavour to find, to know, to love, to recommend, not only the best, but all the good, that has… — George Saintsbury Copy Share Image
I understand that we're paid a lot of money and we're in the limelight. When things don't go well, there's deserved criticism. — Jamie Carragher Copy Share Image
In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“Critical feedback shared in good faith is inherently a constructive dialogue. A “critique,” a term that is both a noun and a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
It is the beginning of all true criticism of our time to realize that it has really nothing to say, at the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Read a ton. Take a workshop course so you learn to give and get criticism. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
I have always been a critic of government policy. I was in government for more than five years. Before that I was… — Jonathan Moyo Copy Share Image
