Criticism Quotes
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I'm not doing this to make friends, I'm criticizing the academics, I'm criticizing sport fishermen, I'm criticizing commercial fishermen. (Quote by - Sean Van Sommeran)
If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference. (Quote by - Abraham Lincoln)
PEOPLE use the word propaganda towards things they cant comprehend, it is obvious. There are plenty of videos full of it. I wonder if they know what propaganda is or does, though?! Maybe not..well, what you believe in (propaganda) is not designed to fool the critical thinker, but it gives moral cowards an excuse not to think at all. j.z. (Quote by - jak zoudi)
We needed these because there's a critical shortage of health care workers, especially in the geriatric field. Those elderly people displaced have ended up in our nursing homes. This is a critical, critical need that we have. (Quote by - Debbie Burkheiser)
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, They damn those authors whom they never read. (Quote by - Charles Churchill)
One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide. (Quote by - Charles Horton Cooley)
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes. (Quote by - Jack Handey)
The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life. (Quote by - Dalai Lama)
Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man. (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. (Quote by - Benjamin Disraeli)
We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship, for to undertake to wound or offe. (Quote by - Michel de Montaigne)
I shared with him I understood the dilemma he was in — that no matter what decision he made, his opponents would find a reason to criticize him — but that if he used the surplus and increased taxes on business, not only would they criticize him, but he would risk losing his base. (Quote by - Dan Patrick)
There's good directors and bad directors. Some of the critics are really conscientious and really try to do what they can popularize the work or to explain the work and so on. And then there's the critics who just wants to make a reputation by attacking. Those are the ones I'm not keen on. (Quote by - Peter Bogdanovich)
I don't criticize people who were booing because [we went] from a 15-game lead to one or two. [On the other hand], when you win that many games and people are criticizing and criticizing, [it takes] the fun away. (Quote by - Ozzie Guillen)
He's extremely critical. We don't even know if he's going to survive the next few hours. Minute by minute now he's very critical .. one of the most critical cases we've ever seen here. (Quote by - Charles Deng)
There is critical mass with high-speed Internet connections, so video is a good user experience. And that means there can be critical mass for advertisers. (Quote by - Jim Walton)
Everyone has a right to an opinion. I can arrive in England and express my opinion. If criticism were ferocious and without intellectual objectivity they should show me the way to their airport. It is important to have an opinion and not be afraid to express it, knowing there will be criticism. (Quote by - Jose Mourinho)
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised. (Quote by - Isaac D'Israeli)
Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. (Quote by - Henry Steele Commager)
The English major background is mostly helpful. But sometimes because of the amount of criticism and analysis that we do in class, it is detrimental because of how critical we are with our own work. (Quote by - Bryan Kish)
To just get one (quarterback) tells you the confidence we've got in him. This was a critical critical move for us. .. He's got a gun. (Quote by - Chris Ault)
The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age. (Quote by - Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscomon)
But, spite of all the criticising elves, Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves. (Quote by - Charles Churchill)
I've had trouble with criticism, I guess. It's hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them. (Quote by - Kenneth Koch)
A man must serve his time to every trade Save censure--critics all are ready made. Take hackney'd jokes from Miller, got by rote, With just enough of learning to misquote; A mind well skill'd to find or forge a fault; A turn for punning, call it Attic salt; To Jeffrey go, be silent and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet; Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit; Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit; Care not for feeling--pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated yet caress'd. (Quote by - Lord Byron)
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled "wrong.". (Quote by - Raymond Smullyan)
National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services. (Quote by - Corazon Aquino)
Criticism is easy, and art is difficult. (Quote by - Phillipe V. Destouches)
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants. (Quote by - Walter Winchell)
This decision is very critical to the courts, as well as the president with all the other problems concerning public opinion. It's indicated that O'Conner was the swing-voter, so this position is more critical than Roberts'. If I was to advise the president, I would suggest he appoint someone more moderate like O'Conner. I would want someone who may vote with me and the other justices sometimes, and sometimes not. (Quote by - James Payne)
We've really felt like we've reached a critical mass in terms of just the size of our security force internally, and felt as though it was critical enough for us to look at managing our own personnel. (Quote by - David Entwistle)
All who (like him) have writ ill plays before, For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made, To execute the members of their trade. (Quote by - John Dryden)
Many Democratic elected officials are critical of the president's handling of the war and overall performance, and, at the same time, do not want to be seen as just anti-war liberal Democrats. So, they are trying to have it both ways, of being critical of the president, but, at the same time, supporting our men and women who are fighting. (Quote by - Stuart Rothenberg)
Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar. (Quote by - Channing Pollock)
Any kind of censorship is wrong. If you got a student publication on your campus, it has every right to be critical of the administration in the same way the Tribune or Sun-Times has the right to criticize the governor. (Quote by - Ron Yates)
They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite. (Quote by - John Dryden)
Winning the series[2-0 against Zimbabwe] itself was a gain. It was tough for us simply because it was a no-win situation. If you win, the critics say that the opposition was weak. If you lose, they rubbish you on all fronts. It is just not easy to please the critics. (Quote by - Sourav Ganguly)
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. (Quote by - Elbert Hubbard)
The Stock market RUNS on THREE things: Optimism, Skepticism, Criticism. (Quote by - jak zoudi)
Give no time to finding fault of criticism. (Quote by - Marvin J. Ashton)
Culture is only true when implicitly critical, and the mind which forgets this revenges itself in the critics it breeds. Criticism is an indispensable element of culture. (Quote by - Theodor W. Adorno)
The first round today is critically, critically important not just for Indonesia, but for the entire region. This is an effort to stop polio virus here but also to stop it breaking out causing a regional infection. (Quote by - Claire Hajaj)
Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part, Nature in him was almost lost in art. (Quote by - William Collins)
The man without a chin, no stamina, dead man, broken man, whatever. On your way to the top, you always get some criticism. Criticism is a great motivation. Failure is not an option to me. (Quote by - Wladimir Klitschko)
I'm an owl: you're another. Sir Critic, good day. And the barber kept on shaving. (Quote by - James Thomas Fields)
I've learned to not take media criticism personally, .. Seven or eight years ago, I would have said 'I hate the media; there are people in it who are always bashing me.' Now I understand that, when someone writes something negative about me, it's part of the game. Media criticism will destroy you if you take it personally, so now I play with it. I stay away from politics. Some people criticize me for that, but it's a choice I've made. I have my views, but politics can be very sensitive. I've struggled so hard to get fans and people behind me for what I want to accomplish that it would be a mistake to support one party publicly and have the other party against me. (Quote by - Oscar De La Hoya)
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author. (Quote by - Isaac D'Israeli)
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. (Quote by - George Eliot)
You know who critics are?--the men who have failed in literature and art. (Quote by - Benjamin Disraeli)
He was in Logic, a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in Analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side. (Quote by - Samuel Butler I)
Their effectiveness in making shots, our inability to disrupt their shot making was the most critical element of the game. To shoot 54% for the game, 57% for the second half -- that's the factor that fatigues you more than the people. The defensive errors and not getting to people were critical. (Quote by - Joanne P. McCallie)
Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic. (Quote by - Raymond Chandler)
My father was an engineer, .. But I found out that the film critics for the Stanford Daily got free passes for all the films. So I became first an assistant critic and then the main film critic. Those free passes changed my life. (Quote by - Roger Corman)
She was a critical thinker and she had an open mind. In addition to being a critical thinker, she was a free thinker. She wasn't afraid to go down her own path. (Quote by - Gary Pernell)
As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American leadership is critical to the success of the U.N., an effective U.N., one that is true to the original intent of its charter's framers. (Quote by - John Bolton)
Blame is safer than praise. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
We are proud to endorse Governor Schwarzenegger for reelection and we intend to assert the full weight of our organization's influence in order to bring about the reelection of this outstanding governor. Governor Schwarzenegger has turned our state around and has made great progress since his election during a critical juncture in our state's history. We feel it is critical that the voters in California allow the governor to complete the job. (Quote by - Tom Nassif)
The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic. (Quote by - A. E. Housman)
I don't think you ever silence critics. They'll be critics in the morning. That's part of the deal. (Quote by - Mack Brown)
More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic. (Quote by - John Hall)
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. (Quote by - Walter Benjamin)
When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after the works of the author who has written them, and by that means discover what it is he likes in a composition. (Quote by - Joseph Addison)
The nice thing is that a third party that has nothing to do with [the VCP] is deciding what the criticality is. We're still signing the contract with the researcher and we're still paying the fee for the specific contributor, but we're saying that if it results in a critical bulletin, there's a $10,000 bonus on the table. (Quote by - Michael Sutton)
Every writer is necessarily a critic -- that is, each sentence is a skeleton accompanied by enormous activity of rejection; and each selection is governed by general principles concerning truth, force, beauty, and so on. The critic that is in every fabulist is like the iceberg -- nine-tenths of him is under water. (Quote by - Thornton Wilder)
Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
As soon Seek roses in December--ice in June, Hope, constancy in wind, or corn in chaff; Believe a woman or an epitaph, Or any other thing that's false, before You trust in critics. (Quote by - Lord Byron)
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon. (Quote by - Charles Buxton)
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. (Quote by - Somerset Maugham)
My father was extremely loving to me and funny and wise and understanding, and at other times extremely demanding, critical, calculating, exacting. When you're a young woman, I think you want to please a lot, so maybe you accept more of the criticism than you would as an older person. But criticism can be very wounding. It certainly was to me. (Quote by - Anjelica Huston)
That's the nature of journalism. And it's the nature of combat, .. To criticize the media for covering combat in wartime is like criticizing the sun for coming up. (Quote by - Clarence Wyatt)
Honest criticism is hard to take - especially when it comes from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. (Quote by - Franklin Jones)
The critics have been writing me off for 20 years. That's nothing new. As far as I know I still have plenty of fans and sell lots of records. Do I care what critics say about me? No, and I don't read reviews. (Quote by - Madonna)
Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn critics. (Quote by - Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
We all have our limitations, but when we give in to our critics, we also have theirs. (Quote by - Robert Brault)
I have always been a critic of government policy. I was in government for more than five years. Before that I was a critic. Within the government I was a critic, pushing for reform and always at odds with power brokers within the party. (Quote by - Jonathan Moyo)
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors. (Quote by - John Dryden)
The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
When you see 'critical analysis of evolution,' you really need to look at what's behind that. Who? Why? Why is there this need for critical analysis of evolution? Why is there no call for critical analysis of plate tectonics?. (Quote by - Eric Rothschild)
If you are looking for a friendship that is forever loyal, always humble, never criticizing, and constantly listening.. than buy a dog. (Quote by - L.M. Hinds)
When you lose, you're more critical. Everybody is more critical of themselves. (Quote by - Mark Clifford)
Obviously, we wished we found the body earlier, but we didn't, .. Critics can be critics, and I guess they've got something to be critical about. (Quote by - Charles Ramsey)
You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing. (Quote by - Steve Ross)
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help. (Quote by - Abraham Lincoln)
All politics is local, .. and an endorsement like this sends a message that Proposition 76 is not only critical to reform our state budget but that it's also critical for the financial well-being of California cities. (Quote by - Todd Harris)
Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been put up to a critic. (Quote by - Jean Sibelius)
Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them. The author might often reply: Is that my fault? (Quote by - A.W. Hare and J.C. Hare)
I've never been in a bullpen, in my 15 years, that hasn't taken criticism, or been maligned or something. People are going to criticize what you do. (Quote by - Mike Timlin)
I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell. (Quote by - Harry S. Truman)
A servile race Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules. (Quote by - Charles Churchill)
There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased: And sure he must have more than mortal Skill, Who please one against his Will. (Quote by - William Congreve)
There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism. There must be a disciplined eye and a wild mind. (Quote by - Dorothy Parker)
I've discovered this trend in popular criticism that because our first record was such a -- critical darling .. that now people are hesitant to give us too many accolades. We didn't know exactly how we needed to change. But we knew from the experience from 'Room on Fire' where people, where critics mainly, were saying that it was sonically too similar to the first record, we needed to step up. (Quote by - Fabrizio Moretti)
The weekly cartoons, as were my plays, came from a sense of criticism, criticism of the times, critical of the culture, of our manners and attitudes towards each other. The children's books come from the reverse. They're more supportive, since we're living in a time where we talk more about kids and do less, we talk about balancing the budget and we do it by cutting education. (Quote by - Jules Feiffer)
I criticize by creation--not by finding fault. (Quote by - Charles Churchill)
Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say? Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason, In such a state as theirs, is downright treason. (Quote by - Charles Churchill)
It's not a focus but a foundation, .. We've gotten criticism from people who don't understand how critical the situation is in south Louisiana and don't understand how important south Louisiana is to the rest of the nation. (Quote by - Mary Landrieu)
both the critical eye and the loving eye must be used in order to put something into focus. (Quote by - Christopher Molineux)
I understand the rights of people to have the ability to criticize what we do, .. At the same time, we have a lot of fans out there who were very supportive of what we've done here over the last eight years, particularly what we've done over the last couple of years to try to get to the finish line. And I also think it needs to be said that for eight years, I've been a doer, and not a critic. Because sometimes standing up and doing things is a lot easier that people standing on the sidelines and criticizing what you do. (Quote by - Ed Wade)
The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. (Quote by - Alexander Pope)
