Criticism Quotes

1866 Criticism quotes by 1229 unique authors

There's a common criticism of evolutionary psychology that it's fatalistic and it dooms us to eternal strife, 'Why even try to work toward peace if… — Steven Pinker
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism. — Plautus
In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me. — Edgar Allan Poe
Fools admire, but men of sense approve. — Alexander Pope
I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other, probably… — Ezra Pound
What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't. — Charley Pride
Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not. — Harold Prince
While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism. — Tariq Ramadan
For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it… — Dan Rather
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Sometimes when I hear criticism of my husband, I want to come out of my seat and clock somebody. But you learn to take a… — Ann Romney
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can… — Helen Rowland
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. — Eleanor Roosevelt
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public. — Theodore Roosevelt
I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan. — Jean Rostand
We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra… — Mike Rounds
When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but… — Helen Rowland
There are many who criticise the United Nations. And those of us who know this institution well know that it is not immune from criticism.… — Kevin Rudd
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much. — Donald Rumsfeld
Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive. — Donald Rumsfeld
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. — Bertrand Russell
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
In 1998, Artnet was the site that convinced me that if my writing didn't exist online, it didn't exist at all. It showed me criticism's… — Jerry Saltz

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