Criticism Quotes

1866 Criticism quotes by 1229 unique authors

Though Israel may often be deserving of criticism, what is missing is the comparable criticism of equal or greater violations by other countries and other… — Alan Dershowitz
There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste… — Fredrik Bajer
What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction, and I don't… — Brad Thor
I cannot emphasize enough how wrongheaded this is. Withholding criticism and ignoring differences are racism in its purest form. Yet these cultural experts fail to… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
It's wrong to criticize leaders of the church, even if the criticism is true. — Dallin H. Oaks
As Elder George F. Richards, President of the Council of the Twelve, said in a conference address in April 1947, 'when we say anything bad… — Dallin H. Oaks
Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error. — David Brin
In all of history, we have found just one cure for error—a partial antidote against making and repeating grand, foolish mistakes, a remedy against self-deception.… — David Brin
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else. — Richard Hofstadter
American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties. — Edward Albee
Criticism does not disturb me, for I am my own severest critic. Always in my playing I strive to surpass myself, and it is this… — Jascha Heifetz
Art criticism, I would say, is about the most ungrateful form of 'elevated' writing I know of. It may also be one of the most… — Clement Greenberg
While this may look loving, when we struggle with an idol of dependence, we’re in fact not loving people as much as we’re using them… — Mark Driscoll
Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities… — Bertrand Russell
If you have something critical to sat to a player, preface it by saying something positive. That way when you get to the criticism, at… — Bud Grant
People thrive on positive reinforcement. They can take only a certain amount of criticism and you may lose them altogether if you criticize them in… — Bill Walsh
Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions and doctrines as… — Aung San Suu Kyi
Let nobody be afraid of true freedom of thought. Let us be free in thought and criticism; but, with freedom, we are bound to come… — Lord Kelvin
Criticism at its best is re-creative, not spirit-killing. — Camille Paglia
For the critic, criticism is a form of natural self-expression, as poetry is to the poet. So, for a critic, criticism is a true thing.… — Helen Vendler
To oppose the policies of a government does not mean you are against the country or the people that the government supposedly represents. Such opposition… — Michael Parenti
I can imagine no greater disservice to the country than to establish a system of censorship that would deny to the people of a free… — Woodrow Wilson
Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The more we use words that in any way imply criticism, the more difficult it is for people to stay connected to the beauty within… — Marshall B. Rosenberg

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