Agony Quote by James Whistler

“Grant paused in the act of turning the thing over, to consider the face a moment longer. A judge? A soldier? A prince? Someone…

— Josephine Tey

There is a certain justice in criticism.

— Stephen Spender

“The Judge, whose eyes had gone in the general direction, recalled them, leaned back in his seat, and looked steadily at the man whose…

— Charles Dickens

“But criticism, for the most part, comes from the opposite place that book-enjoying should come from. To enjoy art one needs time, patience, and…

— Dave Eggers

My attorney general will restore the integrity of the Department of Justice which has been severely questioned.

— Donald Trump

“Doctors possessed a built-in animosity toward attorneys.”

— Victor Methos

Criticism is now become mere hangman's work, and meddles only with the faults of authors ; nay, the critic is disgusted less with their…

— John Dryden

Critics get a little carried away with what someone should have done, rather than what he did.

— Duke Ellington

Court not the critic's smile nor dread his frown

— Sir Walter Scott

“...don't tear people down just because they criticize your art.”

— Tyler Hojberg

“In court, defense lawyers do this properly by mentioning everything their client is accused of, and all the weaknesses of their case, in the…

— Chris Voss

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have generally no other merit than that, having read the…

— Samuel Johnson