The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator, have… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Borges was unapologetically smart and equally sentimental; a proto-geek, blind to distinctions between low pulp fiction and high criticism, experimental but never… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
According to my principles, every master has his true and certain value. Praise and criticism cannot change any of that. Only the… — Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Copy Share Image
The usual criticism of a novel about an artist is that, no matter how real he is as a man, he is… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
There's a myth among amateurs, optimists and fools that beyond a certain level of achievement, famous artists retire to some kind of… — Mark Matousek Copy Share Image
Don't worry if People are judging you and give you their two cents sometimes without you even asking for it, you must… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
For me, movies and television are interesting because they are the dominant storytelling form of our time. My first love will always… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of Hugh Kenner, Richard Ellman, Lionel Trilling and Frank Kermode. All these people have taught me how to read… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to… — Charles M. Schwab Copy Share Image
You don’t create a diamond by rubbing it with fluffy bunny slippers. You need to apply pressure and heat. There are enough… — Julie Ann Dawson Copy Share Image
“But lost in that sea of (valid) criticism is the perhaps subtler critique that in an age of consumerism, economic imperialism and… — C. Christopher Smith Copy Share Image
The one source of criticism even the most repressive authoritarian leader cannot silence is the outside world. Autocrats are usually thin-skinned and… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
People in office have to become models of correct behaviour. What they say and how they act should be beyond criticism. And… — D. R. Karthikeyan Copy Share Image
“No matter what you write, no matter how meticulous and painstaking the creation process, someone is going to laugh, scorn, and dissect… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
When I composed, I heard my music played by the orchestra within days of completion of the score. No master at a… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
That's why you put out records: hoping that people will connect with them. I mean, I play music for myself, for sure,… — Jim James Copy Share Image
It oughtn't to need a war to make us talk to each other in buses, and invent our own amusements in the… — Jan Struther Copy Share Image
Every man needs a blind eye and a deaf ear, so when people applaud, you'll only hear half of it, and when… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Young children are unlikely to have their self-esteem strengthened from excessive praise or flattery. On the contrary, it may raise some doubts… — Lilian Katz Copy Share Image
Orthodox criticism ... is a murderer of talent. And because the most modest and sensitive people are the most talented, having the… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
The literary critic, or the critic of any other specific form of artistic expression, may detach himself from the world for as… — Clive James 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
Doctors have been exposed-you always will be exposed-to the attacks of those persons who consider their own undisciplined emotions more important than… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
It is now 14 years since I first suggested that organic farming might have some benefits and ought to be taken seriously.… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
... until both employers' and workers' groups assume responsibility for chastising their own recalcitrant children, they can vainly bay the moon about… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
In much of today's popular culture, the virtues of forgiveness and kindness are belittled, while ridicule, anger, and harsh criticism are encouraged.… — David E. Sorensen Copy Share Image
“This book is dedicated to Israel's constructive and nuanced critics, whose rational voices are too often drowned out by the exaggerations, demonizations,… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
It is the West that has liberated women, racial minorities, religious minorities, and gays and lesbians, recognizing and defending their rights. The… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
As a profession, we face unlimited threats with limited resources. We face a lack of trust in some of the communities we… — Christopher A. Wray Copy Share Image
“Lie naked on the table, and let them cut. Criticism is surgery, and humility is the anesthetic that allows you to tolerate… — Molly Cochran Copy Share Image
Writing to me is a deeply personal, even a secret function and when the product I turned loose it is cut off… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
Much of the criticism centered around Betsy DeVos focuses on her lack of experience with public schools. While she has shown some… — Ana Kasparian Copy Share Image
Creating a fan base of both fervent feelers and fanboys, Trump magnificently played off many fawning commentator's insecurities - using the deep… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
“I think this point is so important, I'm going to repeat it: You should never listen to criticism that is primarily intended… — Robin Stern Copy Share Image
Obviously, guys don't deal with the same level of criticism if they show off their bodies. Russian President Vladimir Putin literally staged… — Ana Kasparian Copy Share Image
After we have children, our hormones are all over the place, we don't even feel like ourselves, we are very sensitive to… — Porsha Williams Copy Share Image
I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
All serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: "a criticism… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
