Criticism Quote by Mason Cooley Download Open image “Strict rules of evidence would destroy psychoanalysis and literary criticism.” — Mason Cooley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Criticism Evidence Literary criticism Psychoanalysis Strict Strict rules
It is for ordinary minds, not for psychoanalysts, that our rules of evidence are framed. They have their source very often in considerations of… — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysis is a terribly efficient instrument, and because it is more and more a prestigious instrument, we run the risk of using it with… — Jacques Lacan Copy Share Image
“Psychoanalysis considers unwarranted issues as accepted as Truth.” — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
There are cases where psychoanalysis works worse than anything else. But who said that psychoanalysis was to be applied always and everywhere. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Considered in its entirety, psychoanalysis won't do. It is an end product, moreover, like a dinosaur or a zeppelin; no better theory can ever… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
For a psychoanalyst to be any good... he'd have to believe that it was through the grace of God that he'd been inspired to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysis teaches one thing, he thought: Nothing ever happens in a vacuum. A single bad act can have all sorts of repercussions. — John Katzenbach Copy Share Image
Even if you're the worst writer in the world, at least you'll have the evidence. — Padgett Powell Copy Share Image
The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for all… — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“As with good history, good psychoanalytic interpretations must also make sense, pull together as much of the known data as possible, provide a coherent… — Stephen A. Mitchell Copy Share Image
No evidence is powerful enough to force acceptance of a conclusion that is emotionally distasteful. — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional… — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood Copy Share Image
For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
I reject criticism because the last thing I wanted was to sit there and look at people talking. I think people are conditioned to… — Matt Tyrnauer Copy Share Image
I'm more comfortable modelling as a man because I don't get any criticism. — Rain Dove Copy Share Image
I don't mind positive criticism, but when it is negative and personal, it is quite hard. — Inzamam-ul-Haq Copy Share Image
Judge a person not by his ability to make money but by his ability to retain it. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Everything is allowable in literature, but what is not allowable in criticism is objection on the grounds of probability. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Lots of relationships fail because we spend more time pointing out each other's mistakes and not enough time enjoying each other's company. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
