Criticism Quote by John Maynard Smith

I hate orthodox criticism. I don't mean great criticism, like that of Matthew Arnold and others, but the usual small niggling, fussy-mussy criticism, which…

— Brenda Ueland

Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.

— Charles Babbage

To the scientists of the Renaissance, your critic was really your ally, helping you advance upon reality. Critics in science are not like drama…

— Martin Seligman

Authority in science exists to be questioned, since heresy is the spring from which new ideas flow.

— Anonymous

“If the majority view, whether in government or in the scientific establishment, is wrong, toleration of dissent increases the odds that their errors will…

— Angus Menuge

Orthodox criticism ... is a murderer of talent. And because the most modest and sensitive people are the most talented, having the most imagination…

— Brenda Ueland

“Yes, I hate orthodox criticism. I don't mean great criticism, like that of Matthew Arnold and others, but the usual small niggling, fussy-mussy criticism,…

— Brenda Ueland

“Criticism is just someone else’s opinion. Even people who are experts in their fields are sometimes wrong. It is up to you to choose…

— Rodolfo Costa

A system such as classical mechanics may be 'scientific' to any degree you like; but those who uphold it dogmatically - believing, perhaps, that…

— Karl Popper

Long experience has told me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong.

— Anthony Eden

Indeed the reasoned criticism of a prevailing belief is a service to the proponents of that belief; if they are incapable of defending it,…

— Carl Sagan

“The very fact of having fixed conclusions to strive for in orthodox belief does not render the Christian philosopher dogmatic but rather intellectually fruitful,…

— Gregory B. Sadler