We insist on near perfection in everyone except ourselves. But if our course is questioned we become offended. — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
“If you love my work, you are a good critic. If you do not love my work, you are a 'not good'… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
A great deal of contemporary criticism reads to me like a man saying, 'Of course I do not like green cheese. I… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Scots they're either nice or they're horrid and these two are horrid. The Scots wont like that Eamon, thats bordering on racism.… — Eamon Dunphy Copy Share Image
“Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
Jed Perl writes precisely and ecstatically. Antoine' s Alphabet is a history and a fairy tale, a work of criticism, and a… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Despite the warnings of other times, the impetuous and the confident continue their indiscriminate cultivation of weeds at the expense of occasional… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Reviews for someone like me come in three packages. One is justifiable praise, the second is justifiable criticism, and the third is,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
After every game I analyse my performance with the goalkeeping coach in a very critical manner. There is certain criticism you will… — Simon Mignolet Copy Share Image
I regret that some on the extreme right have been so critical of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and have adamantly opposed the… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
“Like almost all of Beefheart's recorded work, it was not even "ahead" of its time in 1969. Then and now, it stands… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like -… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh,… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Every nation, every race, has not only its own creative, but its own critical turn of mind; and is even more oblivious… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
If somebody comes to me and asks advice or for a criticism, I have no issue giving it to them because at… — Montel Vontavious Porter Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's really important for me to improve my work, and I take criticism in a positive sense. — Naga Chaitanya Copy Share Image
The expectations are high, so we know: If we do not meet them, there is criticism. We have high expectations ourselves. We… — Granit Xhaka Copy Share Image
Boris Johnson 'doesn't do detail.' It is a criticism that has dogged his political and journalistic career. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
An artist must be open to both appreciation and criticism. It's a part of the learning process, or else there is no… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Sometimes you get looked at harder than other people. I can take the criticism and I can take the heat. — Julius Peppers Copy Share Image
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship. — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
There are some people who have a low tolerance for criticism. I'm not one of those people. — Martin Shkreli Copy Share Image
“She says experience has taught her that criticism is more effective than praise. What she doesn’t understand is that it’s all due… — Xhezair Dashi Copy Share Image
Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author. — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
Honest criticism and sensible appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must… — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
I love constructive criticism. I love getting notes when I'm acting. I love them telling me what to do. I don't always… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of… — Josef Skvorecky Copy Share Image
“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
Never let ANYONE tell you how you're supposed to look or how you're supposed to live your life. It's YOUR LIFE so… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
“You should praise, criticize and flirt with people right to their face, only then it will make a difference.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married. — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
When everyone tells you that you're arrogant, don't be so quick in condemning yourself. Try and understand who's wrong between you both.… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
The criticism does not hurt because I have always been my own worst critic. I wouldn't say I don't respect other people's… — Tony McCoy Copy Share Image
He wouldn't lift a finger to help with the kids or house, yet sure had no problem dishing out criticism after criticism.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We take the plaudits when things are going well so you have to take the criticism when it's not going well. — Jamie Carragher Copy Share Image
