Criticism Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don't bite everybody.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Standing before him, the blight of idyllic thought and aspiration--rotting souls reproducing like fleas.”

— Glen Krisch

“To feel someone’s life drain from their body by your hands . . . bad, bad people who need to be plucked from this…

— Tillie Cole

“Imagine that the country is like a dog. The terrorist attacks are like fleas biting the dog, but what the terrorists are really after…

— Dan Carlin

Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.

— John Osborne

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

— Frank A. Clark

“Criticism, like swearing, is actually nothing more than a bad habit.”

— Richard Carlson

Criticism is like many other things, it drags along after what has already been said and doesn't get out of its rut.

— Eugene Delacroix

“once heard someone say that criticism is like a nut surrounded by a hard shell. The hard shell represents a projected experience from a…

— Chris Guillebeau

“Philosophy without criticism is like hunting deer without a shotgun, so, if you want people to like you, avoid robust philosophical debate.”

— Julian Baggini

“Chances are like criticism; few like to take it, some love to give it, yet most never see it.”

— Carl Henegan