Criticism Quotes · Page 67

When a society decays, it is language that is first to become gangrenous. As a result, social criticism begins with grammar and…

— Octavio Paz

In the music business, there's a lot of criticism and rejection. If you embrace it, you'll be better off when the adjustment…

— Sixto Rodriguez

No politician can expect to escape criticism for a controversial decision and we have to be robust in justifying what we do.

— Dominic Grieve

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

— Dale Carnegie

In football you can take the praise when it comes, but you've got to be ready to take the criticism as well.

— John McGinn

Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author's own conscience.

— Anonymous

Children are the most honest critics. They will say 'You're funny', but also 'You're pathetic - go away.'

— Dylan Moran

I was trying to write a straightforward book of sociological analysis, or at least cultural criticism, and I failed.

— Michael Eric Dyson

Performers put their heart and soul into their art, and can be subject to highly personal attacks and criticism. The tone and…

— Luciana Berger

For most of us even the imagined threat of criticism functions to control our behavior. We are haunted to some degree by…

— Robert D. Hare

Listen I don't expect an apology from men like Chuck Schumer, and I would put him and other individuals who were attacking…

— Alberto Gonzales

If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for…

— Abraham Lincoln

The literary wiseacres prognosticate in many languages, as they have throughout so many centuries, setting the stage for new hautmonde in letters…

— Fannie Hurst

For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism…

— Ferdinand Mount

The mission of the Gestapo expanded steadily as from 1933 onward, "political criminality" was given a much broader definition than ever before…

— Sheila Fitzpatrick

Queen Paola and I will never forget the ties that have grown between the people and us during the course of the…

— King Albert II

A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also…

— Kenneth Tynan

In the end, you have to get a little used to these ups and downs, these ups and downs of feelings, criticism…

— Dani Carvajal

Anytime you feel jealous or envious, you reject your uniqueness. It's a criticism of God's plan for you.

— Rick Warren

Nobody should take criticism personally, after all, haven't we already admitted to being imperfect?

— Libby Kissling

Even If we continue searching for the rest of our life, we can never find our past again, its meant to be…

— Senoraroy

The problem of criticism is not judgment but evocation - conveying the particular emotional and visual feel that the movie has.

— David Denby

You will never be a better person by tearing others down. Your critiques only reveal your heart.

— Anonymous

Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring, a south wind, not an east wind.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've probably put up with more criticism than a lot of people out there. At the end of the day, you block…

— Lleyton Hewitt

“¿No sabéis quiénes son los críticos? Aquellos que no han tenido éxito en la literatura y en el arte.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

I've always been faced with all kinds of criticism. People were saying, 'Oh, Shaggy is pop. He can't do dancehall,' even though…

— Shaggy

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to…

— Anonymous

I don't think the United States has done anything whatsoever to merit any criticism by the British.

— John Mahoney

“Listen and learn from others' criticism.It will tell you as much about you as it will about them.”

— Carol Vorvain

Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection.

— Napoleon Hill

Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.

— Dalai Lama

By challenging anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, science fiction throws open the whole of civilization and its premises to constructive criticism.

— Alvin Toffler

Those who have not yet accepted their own imperfection are the first ones to judge and criticize the faults of others..

— Nishan Panwar

criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.

— Dale Carnegie

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

The truth is that the more responsible the media outlet, the more responsive they are to constructive criticism.

— David Brock

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted…

— Robert W. Service

Criticism comes with Celtic. If you take it on board, it can make you ill, but if you think: 'No problem', it…

— Paul Lambert

“A clever schoolboy's reaction to his reading is most naturally expressed by parody or imitation.”

— C.S. Lewis