Criticism Quotes - Page 17

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

  Stephen Spender

  Justice, Certain, Critics

  Stephen Spender's lecture at Brooklyn College, as quoted in "The New York Times", November 20, 1984.

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• Patriotism without criticism has no head; criticism without patriotism has no heart.

  Allen C. Guelzo

  Heart

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• 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.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Book, Writing, Django

  Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. December 24, 2012.

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• 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.

  Richard Dawkins

  Medicine, Harm, Stifling

  "Libel laws silence scientists" by Richard Dawkins, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2009.

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• There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune from criticism.

  Noam Chomsky

  Body, Information, Significant

  Noam Chomsky (2010). “The Chomsky Reader”, p.67, Pantheon

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• You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.

  Yolanda Adams

  Grain Of Salt, Please, Salt

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• 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.

  Roxane Gay

  Writing, Stories, Pleasure

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Democracy is about criticism.

  Danny Glover

  Democracy

  Source: progressive.org

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• 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!"

  Frank Herbert

  Looks, Use, Platforms

  Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Frank Herbert (2008). “The Road to Dune”, p.224, Macmillan

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• The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Nice, Used, Dissent

  "Being Nice Isn’t Really So Awful" by Malcolm Gladwell, www.newyorker.com. December 10, 2013.

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• I am saying yes to criticism, but no to insults.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Saying Yes, Insult

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• 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.

  Ishmael Reed

  People, Reeds, Ishmael

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I always heard criticism is the tax on fame. They were right. And then some.

  Brad Pitt

  Fame, Taxes, Heard

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• 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.

  Roger Ebert

  Art, Thinking, Ideas

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• The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism.

  Joseph McCabe

  Self, Needs, Gains

  Joseph McCabe (1950). “A rationalist encyclopaedia: a book of reference on religion, philosophy, ethics, and science”

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• The good author is he who contemplates without marked joy or excessive sorrow the adventures of his soul amongst criticisms.

  Joseph Conrad

  Adventure, Joy, Soul

  Joseph Conrad (2005). “A Personal Record: Some Reminiscences”, p.109, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.

  Elia Kazan

  Bigs, Bites

  Elia Kazan (2014). “The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan”, p.483, Vintage

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• 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.

  Lindsay Arnold

  Fun, Giving, Judging

  Source: thecelebritycafe.com

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• 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.

  Charles R. Schwab

  Ambition, Praise, Criticize

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• But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Destructive

  W. Somerset Maugham (2011). “Of Human Bondage (人性枷鎖)”, p.390, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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• Social media sometimes feels like a vehicle for one-dimensional sniping, more than true criticism.

  George Saunders

  Media, Sniping, Sometimes

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Judge [Samuel] Alito should see criticism as a badge of honor worn by many past and present members of the Court.

  Chuck Grassley

  Past, Judging, Honor

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Any artist will tell you that when they get negative criticism of their work, it's personally hurtful to them.

  Peter Clewes

  Artist, Hurtful, Negative

  "Architect Peter Clewes on the Château Laurier expansion". Interview with Shannon Proudfoot, www.macleans.ca. September 21, 2016.

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• No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.

  Clarence Darrow

  "Voltaire". Essay by Clarence Darrow, 1916.

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  If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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