Criticism Quotes

1866 Criticism quotes by 1229 unique authors

People in office have to become models of correct behaviour. What they say and how they act should be beyond criticism. And when they commit… — Unknown Author
Back in the 1930s, Carl Jung, the eminent thinker and psychologist, put it this way: Criticism has 'the power to do good when there is… — Donald O. Clifton
Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism. — Herbert Hoover
Being critical of the nation is a far cry from being unpatriotic or anti-American. In fact, most social criticism . . . is based on… — Robert Reich
Just to the extent that the Bible was appealed to in matters of science, science was retarded; and just to the extent that science has… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism. — Josef Skvorecky
If you and I want to stir up a resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and endure until death, just let us indulge… — Dale Carnegie
Bitter criticism caused the sensitive Thomas Hardy, one of the finest novelists ever to enrich English literature, to give up forever the writing of fiction.… — Dale Carnegie
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a… — Charles M. Schwab
A man-made thing that produces pleasure (and criticism) by somehow taping into the order of the universe is beautiful. Making beautiful things makes our lives… — Tucker Viemeister
If you are going to do anything, you must expect criticism. But it's better to be a doer than a critic. The doer moves; the… — Bruce Barton
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that… — Eric Hoffer
Nothing touches a work of art so little as words of criticism: they always result in more or less fortunate misunderstandings. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Between the amateur and the professional . . . there is a difference not only in degree but in kind. The skillful man is, within… — Bernard DeVoto
One of the myths propagated by the enemies of Israel is that there is an all-powerful Zionist conspiracy. That is a false accusation. Nevertheless, that… — George Soros
I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any… — Howard Hodgkin
Face your path with courage, don't be scared of people's criticism. And, above all, don't let yourself get paralyzed by your own criticism. — Paulo Coelho
Marxism must abhor nothing so much as the possibility that it becomes congealed in its current form. It is at its best when butting heads… — Rosa Luxemburg
I have the worst ear for criticism, even when I have created a stage set I like, I always hear the woman in the back… — Cecil Beaton
National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but… — Corazon Aquino
I've had trouble with criticism, I guess. It's hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to… — Kenneth Koch
For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until the election. — Glenn Greenwald
There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife — a tyrannical midwife. — Stephen Spender
That was one of the big problems in the [Black Panther] Party. Criticism and self-criticism were not encouraged, and the little that was given often… — Assata Shakur
The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince; all the time… — Karl Popper

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