Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear.
No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.
The good author is he who contemplates without marked joy or excessive sorrow the adventures of his soul amongst criticisms.
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone...If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
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.
There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune from criticism.
The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.
You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.
David Simon goes to the Jewish Weekly and said he's made all this money, but he can't enjoy it because of criticism by people like Ishmael Reed.
I was writing a film criticism book on Sergio Corbucci, the director who did the original Django. So, I was kind of getting immersed in his world. Towards the end of the Inglourious Basterds press tour I was in Japan. Spaghetti Westerns are really popular there, so I picked up a bunch of soundtracks and spent my day off listening to all these scores. And all of a sudden the opening scene just came to me.
Political correctness is the fascism of the 90's, it is this rigid feeling that you have to keep your ideas and your way of looking at things within very narrow boundaries or else you'll offend someone. Certainly one of the purposes of journalism is to challenge just that way of thinking, and certainly one of the purposes of criticism is to break boundaries, that's also one of the purposes of art.
The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism.
Unfortunately most criticism is by poseurs. They use their comments about someone else's work as a platform on which to strike poses. What they're really saying is: "Look at me! Look at me!"
But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.
I always heard criticism is the tax on fame. They were right. And then some.
Judge [Samuel] Alito should see criticism as a badge of honor worn by many past and present members of the Court.
Patriotism without criticism has no head; criticism without patriotism has no heart.
Any artist will tell you that when they get negative criticism of their work, it's personally hurtful to them.
The actual act of writing brings me such pleasure - to tell stories, to engage in cultural criticism, to reflect, to question, all of it is invigorating.
Democracy is about criticism.
I am saying yes to criticism, but no to insults.
Social media sometimes feels like a vehicle for one-dimensional sniping, more than true criticism.
The judges are fun because they bring different personalities. And it's also really exciting to work really hard all week and then have them either give really good praise or to give constructive criticism.
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
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