The more we use words that in any way imply criticism, the more difficult it is for people to stay connected to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“...All of these writings could be reduced to mere “thought-provoking content,” for the system devours everything in its path like a never-satisfied… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
Criticism at the wrong time, even if it's legitimate criticism, can be seriously damaging and make the writer lose faith in what… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
If you're going to perform, you're going to attract criticism. You can't please everyone all the time. You don't know how things… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
I totally accept that it's a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government... that what can… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
First, if you love the Kindle and it works for you, it isn't problematic, and you should ignore all my criticisms and… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say? Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason, In such a state as theirs, is… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
In a way, I have to have a dictatorship. I can't be told that I'm wrong. That conflicts with what I was… — Trevor Nunn Copy Share Image
In truth it may be laid down as an almost universal rule that good poets are bad critics. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
“This philistinism of interpretation is more rife in literature than in any other art. For decades now, literary critics have understood it… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism. — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm tired of being hunted all over. I can't go anywhere without criticism. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things — Jean De La Bruyere Copy Share Image
“Today is such a time, when the project of interpretation is largely reactionary, stifling. Like the fumes of the automobile and of… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I write some art criticism, and one thing that's clear to me is that politics is fashionable in the American art world… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
I ask myself, 'Do you want to sit on the sidelines of life or do you want to be on the field?'… — Don Watson Copy Share Image
Judging others is like looking in a mirror, reflecting the disappointments and frustrations you have in your own life, restraining you from… — Frederick A Babb Copy Share Image
The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely to drive… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
Behind the criticism of fashion as an artistic medium is a highly ideological prejudice: against markets, against consumers, against the dynamism of… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
