Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl. — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“A social critic is someone whose work revolves around where and how our successes are failing us.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
the first night is the worst possible time to make a hard and fast criticism: the baby never looks its best on… — Margot Fonteyn Copy Share Image
A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism.… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Pay no attention whatsoever to newspaper nonsense or criticism. Be sincere and do your duty. Everything will come all right. Truth must… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Critics help you progress: you end up working more; you want to show them they are wrong. — Marouane Fellaini Copy Share Image
Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
I became one of [Moses Mendelssohn] defenders. But then I heard the words "Biblical criticism" again. And, of course, afterward, I studied… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
A snowflake is probably quite unconscious of forming a crystal, but what it does may be worth study even if we are… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
Well, here's what I'll say: The storytellers of 'Lost' have taken us on a pretty great journey, and there have been questions… — Daniel Dae Kim Copy Share Image
Although many things can be said in criticism of religious faith, there is no discounting its power. Millions among us, even now,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The purpose is to help, to prevent, to correct, to improve, rather than to punish. Criticism is not meant to punish, but… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
I've always known negativity comes with the territory and I can accept criticism about my performances, but it is the personal attacks… — Alex Greenwood Copy Share Image
If I were paying to display images of my father [like Netflix does] in the United States, I am sure I would… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
I gave up music criticism because of the increasingly obvious conflict of interest. I couldn't say anything bad about the records when… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
Claudia Rankine's book-length poem 'Citizen' was nominated for National Book Critics Circle awards in the categories of poetry and criticism. It is… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
You don’t get to mis-define a thing, and then on the basis of that mis-definition, say that that thing is bad …… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Criticism has plucked the imaginary flowers on the chain not in order that man shall continue to bear that chain without fantasy… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“The Author To Her Book Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain, Who after birth did'st by my side remain, Till snatcht… — Anne Bradstreet Copy Share Image
“In the realm of expressing opinions and giving negative reviews, let's be mindful that what we say reflects who we are. Our… — None Indicated Copy Share Image
“There are those who see film and take it seriously as an artistic medium, and others who go to have a good… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
If possible, to be in a position to announce who is going to step in as the interim immediately. And if possible,… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
My literary criticism has become less specifically academic. I was really writing literary history in The New Poetic, but my general practice… — Christian Karlson Stead Copy Share Image
One of my constant reminders is, 'End practice on a happy note.' I want the boys to want to come out to… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
“deluded or not, supporters of superstition and pseudoscience are human beings with real feelings, who, like the skeptics, are trying to figure… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The stones that critics hurl with harsh intent, a man may use to build his monument. — Arthur Guiterman Copy Share Image
Strict rules of evidence would destroy psychoanalysis and literary criticism. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image