Admire Quote by Bell Hooks Download Open image “Readers forget that one can critique yet still admire.” — Bell Hooks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Admire Books Critique Forget Reader Stills
I am itching to criticize some well-regarded writers' works, but I am not doing it because I am perfectly aware that my critique could… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
The best critics leave the reader curious to pursue something further, but still to let the reader have his or her own honest, unique… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
“The critic's aim should be to interpret the work they are writing about and help readers appreciate it, by defining and analysing those qualities… — David Cecil Copy Share Image
But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can't remember ever reading a story without judging it. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I am never much interested in the effects of what I write....I seldom read with any attention the reviews of my...books. Two times out… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
We read and remember certain writers because they offer distinctive voices and perspectives, because they've given themselves over completely and passionately to their obsessions… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“A lot of people are afraid of critique because they think it means you aren't supporting them. For me, the most important thing in… — Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Copy Share Image
Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for love. Almost… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
It's interesting to look at all the aspects where everyday Americans, many of whom are not college educated, are thinking deeply now about our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Advancing the notion that there can be many "feminisms" has served the conservative and liberal political interests of women seeking status and privileged class… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I admire Serena Williams, because, I mean, who doesn't admire Serena Williams? — Johanna Konta Copy Share Image
How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself...… — Cristina Saralegui Copy Share Image
I really admire people's interactions with technology that aren't tech-centric but use it as a tool. — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
During my first years in the Sierra, I was ever calling on everybody within reach to admire them, but I found no one half… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Shaw's works make me admire the magnificent tolerance and broadmindedness of the english. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion. — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that I admire… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I admire machinery as much is any man, and am as thankful to it as any man can be for what it does for… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I think it's really good and helpful to have the people you most admire in some other discipline than what you work in. It's… — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
Part of what we admire about a painting or a piece of music is the order which the artist has imposed upon what would… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
