Criticism Quotes

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There has certainly been criticism of the timing involved in getting help to the victims of the storm, and much of it may indeed be warranted. However, this is not the time for pointing fingers; rather, it is the time for offering a helping hand to our neighbors in need.

It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.

If you can't fully believe in your ideas, it very quickly communicates to a group of actors who need something to hold onto. They need to believe that whatever criticism, whatever comment is received, is meant.

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.

How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form.

What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction, and I don't think Islam is above criticism or fictionalization any more so than Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism or Hinduism is.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.

A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

I like to not care that much about criticism, but I do care about it.

The critics love to get out their knives and dine on Coverdale. But the worse the criticism gets, the more successful I become.

I was kind of a volatile personality, very intense. Because of that, I drew some criticism and people would say things about me, and my parents had tried to defend me. I would just tell them don't worry about it. Our day will come.

I totally accept that it's a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government... that what can get lost is the narrative, the hymn sheet... the song that inspires and lifts people's sights.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism.

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.

I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed.

You know, I always think of myself as sort of ready for every criticism.

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.

According to my principles, every master has his true and certain value. Praise and criticism cannot change any of that. Only the work itself praises and criticizes the master, and therefore I leave to everyone his own value.

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.