Criticism Quote by Arthur Gordon Download Open image ““Some criticism, no doubt, is constructive, but too much is a subtle poison.”” — Arthur Gordon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Criticism Poison
“To engage with criticism, is on some level, a validation of that which otherwise would go unnoticed.” — Jordan Carl Curtis Copy Share Image
“Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment.” — Dale Carnegie 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 to wound,… — Robin Stern Copy Share Image
“Criticism is not a circumscription or a set of prohibitions. It provides fixed points of departure. It may startle a dull reader into alertness.” — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“The way you ask for criticism and react when you get it goes a long way toward building trust—or destroying it.” — Kim Malone Scott Copy Share Image
“Deep resentment and passive dislike due to erroneous ideas are unsettling.” — Amitav Chowdhury Copy Share Image
“The best criticism, and it is uncommon, is of this sort that dissolves considerations of content into those of form.” — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“When criticism doesn't make sense, it is usually coming from a different place.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Your every ill-thought, secreted hate, cynical and vicious judgment you carry is meant only for you.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“There was something about him that drove the shyness out of you, a kind of understanding that went deeper than words and set up… — Arthur Gordon Copy Share Image
“Rhythm. Life is full of it; words should have it, too. But you have to train your ear. Listen to the waves on a… — Arthur Gordon Copy Share Image
“The man was right who said that salt water was a cure for everything...in one of three forms, tears, sweat, or the sea.” — Arthur Gordon Copy Share Image
“Words. Just little black marks on paper. Just sounds in the empty air. But think of the power they have! They can make you… — Arthur Gordon Copy Share Image
“You’re thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. Failure is a teacher – a harsh one, perhaps, but… — Arthur Gordon Copy Share Image
“Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person, not only changed, but… — Arthur Gordon Copy Share Image
“The trouble with ‘if only’ is that it doesn’t change anything. It keeps the person facing the wrong way – backward instead of forward.… — Arthur Gordon Copy Share Image
“Let’s not be too harsh where poets are concerned. They have to live in no-man’s-land, halfway between dreams and reality.” — Arthur Gordon Copy Share Image
“(It’s) a fair exchange. You’re giving me attention. That’s a form of affection, you know.” — Arthur Gordon Copy Share Image
Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional… — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood 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, we believe… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
I reject criticism because the last thing I wanted was to sit there and look at people talking. I think people are conditioned to… — Matt Tyrnauer Copy Share Image
I'm more comfortable modelling as a man because I don't get any criticism. — Rain Dove Copy Share Image
I don't mind positive criticism, but when it is negative and personal, it is quite hard. — Inzamam-ul-Haq Copy Share Image
Judge a person not by his ability to make money but by his ability to retain it. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Everything is allowable in literature, but what is not allowable in criticism is objection on the grounds of probability. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Lots of relationships fail because we spend more time pointing out each other's mistakes and not enough time enjoying each other's company. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
