Criticism Quotes · Page 81

I accept that everyone is entitled to his opinion and as a coach, I don't run away from criticism.

— Ronald Koeman

Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.

— Alexander Pope

We live in a society that feeds on criticism. It is so easy to find fault, and to resist doing so requires…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

My music appeals in America. There is less of the purist criticism I get here. And to be a hit in the…

— Katherine Jenkins

Tomorrow is another day, we rather hope it will be better but better it won't be unless self-foibles are examined.

— Barbara Oakley

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

— Donald Rumsfeld

“As uncomfortable as it might be, I refuse to let the comfort of being agreed with suffocate my opinions.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not…

— Victoria Woodhull

Criticism pretty much follows anything anyone ever does. So, anytime anyone ever writes a song, plays a show, or does whatever they…

— Chris Cornell

Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand…

— Felix Adler

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were…

— Shimon Peres

When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from…

— Will Self

Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe…

— Jami Attenberg

“You may be worried about earning their respect, and that’s natural. Unfortunately, though, being overly focused on respect can backfire because it’ll…

— Kim Malone Scott

Is the Labour Party to remain a democratic party in which the right of free criticism and free debate is not merely…

— Michael Foot

The humanities teach us the value, even for business, of criticism and dissent. When there's a culture of going along to get…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as…

— J. G. Holland

[If] you are ready enough to pull my knitting to pieces, but provide none of your own, the only sock is a…

— Anonymous

It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a…

— Donatella Versace

If what they are saying about you is true, mend your ways. If it isn't true, forget it, and go on and…

— Henry Allen Ironside

A depressing number of people seem to process everything literally. They are to wit as a blind man is to a forest,…

— Roger Ebert

A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.

— Hannah Gadsby

I've got a lot to prove because of the criticism over my weight and moving back down a division.

— Ricky Hatton

For some reason if we hear 100 praises and one criticism, we focus on that one hurtful thing.

— Carmen Electra

A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.

— Orrin Woodward

It surprises me that criticism on social media is worst than ever... more and more people tend to seek perfection in others.

— Karol G

The basis of democracy is tolerance to criticism. If you can't face criticism, if you can't accept it, then you cannot guard…

— Narendra Modi

Composing for the prepared piano is not a criticism of the instrument. I'm only being practical.

— John Cage

Criticism of my alleged views was widespread and highly successful. I have yet to meet a criticism of my views.

— Karl Popper

Criticism and Bolshevism have one thing in common. They both seek to pull down that which they could never build.

— Noel Coward

Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

— Margaret Chase Smith

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.

— Francis Ford Coppola

I don't really mind criticism in music or in shows and stuff like that at all. I mean, it doesn't really worry…

— Mick Jagger

Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want and don't ever let someone tell you, you…

— Nishan Panwar

“If it's painful for you to criticize your friends, you're safe in doing it; if you take the slightest pleasure in it,…

— Alice Duer Miller

Nothing would improve newspaper criticism so much as the knowledge that it was to be read by men too hardy to acquiesce…

— Richard Holt Hutton

If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.

— Hillary Clinton

Criticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve

— Tariq Ramadan

Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his…

— Anonymous

“...to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, [and] criticise after dinner...”

— Karl Marx