Criticism Quotes

1866 Criticism quotes by 1229 unique authors

The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better. — Richard Rohr
People who avoid all criticism fail. It's destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms. — Tim Ferriss
Even the greatest idea can become meaningless in the rush to judgement. To gauge an idea as feasible we must cut our ties to the… — Shigeo Shingo
Criticism is properly the rod of divination: a hazel switch for the discovery of buried treasure, not a birch twig for the castigation of offenders. — Arthur Symons
There IS more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before. — Susie Bright
It is a melancholy experience for a professional mathematician to find himself writing about mathematics. The function of a mathematician is to do something, to… — G. H. Hardy
We live on the circumference of a hollow circle. We draw the circumference, like spiders, out of ourselves: it is all criticism of criticism. — Laura Riding
There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle… — Richard Livingstone
Do not make the mistake of holding your idea close to your chest… Submit it to the criticism of the judicious. — James Webb Young
I don't think of myself as a critic or teacher either, but simply - and at the obvious risk of disingenuousness - as someone who… — Richard Gilman
Nasr combines in his writing audacious intellectual criticism, deep understanding of Islam... and a commitment to the Western-European contributions to the emancipation of the human… — Mohammed Arkoun
I am the object of criticism around the world. But I think that since I am being discussed, then I am on the right track. — Kim Jong Il
Composing for the prepared piano is not a criticism of the instrument. I'm only being practical. — John Cage
Friendships are different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, friendship is based on love. Unlike lovers and married couples, it is free of jealousy. Unlike… — Stephen Ambrose
The immoral profession of musical criticism must be abolished. — Richard Wagner
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. ... If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive. ... If a… — Dorothy Nolte
A book in a man's brain is better off than a book bound in calf - at any rate it is safer from criticism. — Herman Melville
Criticism changes with the fashion of the time. A story is always a story. — V. S. Pritchett
What do you think of the criticism that you're not very good? — George Harrison
The popular distinction between 'constructive' and 'destructive' criticism is a sentimentality: the mind too weak to perceive in what respects the bad fails is not… — Brigid Brophy
Hate is just a form of criticism. You can never truly grow as a person until you’ve taken everything the world can throw at you.… — John O'Callaghan
The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most— are the foundation for self-control. — Kelly McGonigal
A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place… — Jonathan Rauch
It oughtn't to need a war to make us talk to each other in buses, and invent our own amusements in the evenings, and live… — Jan Struther
Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions. — Alan Barth

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