Criticism Quotes - page 35

I like to not care that much about criticism, but I do care about it. (Jack Nicholson)
I used to tweet, but it's an act of futility. You're not really making any impact, and if you find yourself in a mood when you wanna be a bit controversial and you post something, you suddenly realise, 'Oh my God!' because you've opened yourself up to a bunch of criticism from strangers. View quote
Sylvester Stallone
A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen. View quote
Virginia Woolf
Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism. View quote
Carl Sagan
There are two kinds of power you have to fight. The first is the money, and that's just our system. The other is the people close around you, knowing when to accept their criticism, knowing when to say no. View quote
Martin Scorsese
Imitation is criticism. View quote
William Blake
There are many who criticise the United Nations. And those of us who know this institution well know that it is not immune from criticism. But those who argue against the United Nations advance no credible argument as to what should replace it. Whatever its imperfections, the United Nations represents a necessary democracy of states. View quote
Kevin Rudd
The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time. View quote
Rod Serling
I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring. View quote
Ben Elton
He has a right to argue for them as eloquently as he can, in season and out of season. He has a right to teach them to his children. But certainly he has no right to be protected against the free criticism of those who do not hold them. . . . They are free to shoot back. But they can't disarm their enemy. View quote
H. L. Mencken
When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart. (Helen Rowland)
If Islam is no longer a religion but a political ideology, why shouldn't it be subjected to the same treatment, including criticism, as any other political ideology, and, if it poses a present and clear danger, face outright suppression? View quote
Amir Taheri
The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether it's a religious belief system or a secular ideology, the moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible. View quote
Salman Rushdie
It is possible in medicine, even when you intend to do good, to do harm instead. That is why science thrives on actively encouraging criticism rather than stifling it. View quote
Richard Dawkins
People's memories are so short and America's propaganda is so powerful that most, even the greatest losers of this appropriation, have forgotten that a profound change occurred, which we now take for granted. We have been conditioned to react skeptically, even hostilely, to criticism of our current corporate values, values which form the foundation of everyday life today. What's more appalling is that huge numbers of those left behind in the wealth transfer genuflected to the new plutocratic class, celebrating the most vicious of the uber-CEOs. This craven CEO-worshipping is still going on today- middle Americans drag themselves home after work in order to gather around the television and watch billionaire assholes like Donald Trump deliver his "You're fired!" line to some desperate, stressed-out Smithers-abee. View quote
Mark Ames
The criticism is, once I get something flying, I lose interest in it. View quote
Burt Rutan
Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press. View quote
Hugo Black
Let's define the word, what racist is - "A person who believes that their race to be superior to another's." I've never advocated that. And I challenge anyone to tell me one thing that I've said that is racist. Criticism is not racism. Accountability is not racism. And that's what I've tried to say over the years. View quote
Pauline Hanson
Remembrance of Things Past is too long and difficult, and what is interesting is the seventh volume, Time Regained. Otherwise, Proust's work is concerned with irony, social criticism, worldliness, and the passage of time, which are not my preoccupations. View quote
Eugène Ionesco
Their acts are a disturbance of order, not a criticism of it. View quote
Octavio Paz
Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous. (Lawrence M. Krauss)
He (Patton) was tough. War is tough. Leaders have to be tough. He drove his army hard, yes, and he made many enemies among colleagues and subordinates, but he also produced results. He was indeed arrogant, but sometimes a good leader has to be larger than life. ... But the fact is: again typically, Patton's admirers are no more specific in their praise than are his disparagers in their criticism. View quote
Alan Axelrod
Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I don't care about my "impact" - I only care about the theater as an art form and criticism as an act of writing. View quote
Neil Patrick Harris
The closest thing to criticism of the Blue House our government has issued in recent months has been the statement that inter-Korean relations mustn't get ahead of denuclearization. Clearly the relations are not in themselves problematic from America's perspective. This in turn implies approval of the many steps Moon has already undertaken to undermine the ROK's claim to exclusive legitimacy and its commitment to liberal democratic values. View quote
Brian Reynolds Myers