"Suicide is about life, being in fact the……" — Wilfrid Sheed
"Suicide is about life, being in fact the sincerest form of criticism life gets."
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26 Quotes by Wilfrid Sheed
Wilfrid Sheed has 26 quotes on this site.
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The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities.
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Mr Michener, as timeless as a stack of National Geographics, is the ultimate Summer Writer. Just as one goes back…
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The only reason I didn't kill myself after I read the reviews of my first book was because we have…
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Every writer is a writer of the generation before.
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For Catholics before Vatican II, the land of the free was pre-eminently the land of Sister Says-except, of course, for…
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I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only consolation I could find.
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Even the God of Calvin never judged anyone as harshly as married couples judge each other.
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If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.
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The spiritual life becomes very simple when you're sick.
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Censors will try to censor a little bit more each year (because, like editors and other officious people, censors don't…
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I myself have not met a self-confessed liberal since the late fifties (and even then it was a tacky thing…
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Unlike most wars, which make rotten fiction in themselves - all plot and no characters, or made-up characters - Vietnam…
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More Criticism Quotes
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Dare to risk public criticism.
— Mary Kay Ash
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Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
— Mary Kay Ash
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We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against…
— Julian Assange
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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule,…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's…
— Kevin Bacon
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
— Enid Bagnold
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the…
— James A. Baldwin
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It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.
— Charles Baudelaire
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A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.
— Jean Baudrillard
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and…
— Joseph Addison
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People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.
— David Beckham
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