Criticism Quotes

1866 Criticism quotes by 1229 unique authors

Religion is a belief in invisible beings, inaudible voices, intangible entities, undetectable forces, and events and judgments that happen after we die. It therefore has… — Greta Christina
A life without criticism is not worth living. — Robert Kennedy
I don't like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong — Paul Scholes
There's always going to be criticism when your name is Jalen. You have to wear a bulletproof vest and be ready for it. — Jalen Rose
Restricted immigration is not an offensive but purely a defensive action. It is not adopted in criticism of others in the slightest degree, but solely… — Calvin Coolidge
Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous. — Lawrence M. Krauss
The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic. — A. E. Housman
The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write. — Joseph Priestley
The pressure for conformity is enormous. I have experienced it in editors’ rejection of submitted papers, based on venomous criticism of anonymous referees. The replacement… — Julian Schwinger
Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world… — Jane Goodall
For some reason that only a sociologist might be able to accurately explain, the Brazilian Press was extremely unkind to me, reporting only selective derogatory… — Unknown Author
If we could only make our hands move as actively as our tongues, what wonders we could accomplish! Almost everyone loves to hear his own… — John Wanamaker
Only mediocrity escapes criticism. — John Steinbeck
Respect for religion' has become a code phrase meaning 'fear of religion'. Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect. — Salman Rushdie
Criticism is just someone's opinion you don't agree with! — Unknown Author
For all the criticism about warlords, it is now likely that Afghanistan will never again be turned over to al Qaeda to train thousands to… — Victor Davis Hanson
False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. Right ideals must take up the battle against them. — Franz Werfel
In the past 30 years, officials of the Iranian regime and its apologists have labeled criticism, especially with regard to women's rights, as anti-Islamic and… — Azar Nafisi
Critics stopped being relevant when they stopped writing to inform and contextualize, and when they started writing to signal who they are, to display their… — Tucker Max
Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear. — William Merritt Chase
What is new about Barthes's posthumous reputation is the view of him as a writer whose books of criticism and personal musings must be admired… — Edmund White
The greatest danger to the State is independent intellectual criticism. — Murray Rothbard
Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author's own conscience. — Anton Chekhov
I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good. — Branch Rickey
Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be… — Walter Brueggemann

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