Criticism Quotes

1866 Criticism quotes by 1229 unique authors

I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism. — Barbara Kruger
Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten. — Milan Kundera
Theater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around. — Tony Kushner
Criticism is always easier than constructive solutions. — Jaron Lanier
The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is… — Robert E. Lee
Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore not permitted. — Rush Limbaugh
The Republicans ought to be nowhere near trying to help Obama save his bacon. But they don't think that's what they're doing, I'm convinced. You… — Rush Limbaugh
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. — Abraham Lincoln
I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that. — Damon Lindelof
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip,… — Lawrence G. Lovasik
Dodi got a lot of criticism when he began dating Princess Diana. No one seemed to think he was good enough for her. — Lorna Luft
I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out… — Bill Maher
If you have no critics you'll likely have no success. — Malcolm X
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. — W. Somerset Maugham
Marilyn Manson is a criticism of gimmickry, while being itself a gimmick. — Marilyn Manson
It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate. — Shirley Manson
I feel that for years of teaching in the country and reading criticism in books, I feel like the things most needed in our culture… — Wynton Marsalis
Creativity takes courage. — Henri Matisse
You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get… — W. Somerset Maugham
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to… — Willie Mays
Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to… — Golda Meir
Criticism is prejudice made plausible. — H. L. Mencken

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