Criticism Quotes - Page 19

• If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.

  Napoleon Hill

  Writing, Water, Gossip

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Eark Nightingale, Claude M. Bristol, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02”, p.80, Lulu.com

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• Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

  Harry S. Truman

  Art, Constructive Criticism, Art Is

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• Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Giving, Impression

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The critic as artist (low cost). Limited edition”, p.69, Oscar Wilde

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• Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

  Margaret Chase Smith

  Expectations, Courtesy, Consideration

  Margaret Chase Smith (1972). “Declaration of Conscience”

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• I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

  Charles R. Schwab

  Inspirational, Leadership, Money

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• The majority of people permit relatives, friends,
  and the public at large to so influence them
  that they cannot live their own lives,
  because they fear criticism.

  Napoleon Hill

  People, Majority, Influence

  Napoleon Hill (2012). “Think & Grow Rich”, p.154, Courier Corporation

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• O why do I ever let anyone read what I write! Every time I have to go through a breakfast with a letter of criticism I swear I will write for my own praise or blame in future. It is a misery.

  Virginia Woolf

  Writing, Breakfast, Letters

  Virginia Woolf, Nigel Nicolson, Joanne Trautmann, Joanne Trautmann Banks (1975). “The Flight of the Mind”

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• Criticism and Bolshevism have one thing in common. They both seek to pull down that which they could never build.

  Noel Coward

  Common, One Thing, Bolshevism

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• Criticism really used to hurt me. Most of these critics are usually frustrated artists, and they criticise other people's art because they can't do it themselves. It's a really disgusting job. They must feel horrible inside

  Rosanna Arquette

  Art, Hurt, Jobs

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• People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.

  Napoleon Hill

  People, Desire, Stronger

  Napoleon Hill (2007). “Think And Grow Rich”, p.103, Lulu.com

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• When you are free from self-doubt, you fail better. You accept criticism and listen.

  Jennifer Lee

  Self, Doubt, Failing

  "Super Inspiring Graduation Advice From Frozen Director, Jennifer Lee" by Kristin Harris, www.seventeen.com. May 20, 2014.

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  You cannot let a fear of failure or a fear of comparison or a fear of judgment stop you from doing what’s going to make you great. You cannot succeed without this risk of failure. You cannot have a voice without the risk of criticism and you cannot love without the risk of loss.

  Charlie Day

  Loss, Voice, Risk

  “‘Don’t give a sh—‘ and other valuable advice from Charlie Day to grads” by Brenna Ehrlich, www.mtv.com. April 21, 2014.

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• The mildest criticism of religion is also the most radical and the most devastating one. Religion is man-made.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Men, Made, Radical

  Christopher Hitchens (2011). “God is Not Great”, p.13, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I can't deal with criticism very well. I've already got it from one angle. I don't need it from anything else.

  Robert Pattinson

  Needs, Angle, Deals

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• Criticism is a surreal state, like a good drug gone bad. When it's bad you wish it would stop, and when it's good, you can't get enough.

  Gale Harold

  Drug, Wish, Gone

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Take criticism, smash it into dust. Add color and use it to paint breathtaking images of unicorns frolicking through endless fields of greatness.

  Matthew Gray Gubler

  Greatness, Dust, Color

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• I can take criticisms but not compliments.

  James Taylor

  Compliment, I Can

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Emotions in this country right now are running very high. Sometimes that emotion is translated into inspiration, sometimes into criticism. We've heard some of that tonight. But it's still part of the American way of life.

  Matt Lauer

  Running, Country, Inspiration

  "Kanye West Rips Bush at Telethon", www.foxnews.com. September 5, 2005.

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• I've been surprised by how little criticism I've got. Harry Potter's been taking all the flak. I'm a great fan of J.K. Rowling, but the people - mainly from America's Bible Belt - who complain that Harry Potter promotes Satanism or witchcraft obviously haven't got enough in their lives. Meanwhile, I've been flying under the radar, saying things that are far more subversive than anything poor old Harry has said. My books are about killing God.

  Philip Pullman

  Book, America, People

  "The shed where God died". Interview with Steve Meacham, www.smh.com.au. December 13, 2003.

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• Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.

  Dale Carnegie

  Flower, Sunshine, Wind

  Dale Carnegie (1982). “How To Win Friends And Influence People”, p.227, Simon and Schuster

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• Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world.

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Cutting, Agency, Hands

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• What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than I'd learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism

  Philip Pullman

  Morning, Writing, Years

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• If you interrupt the writing of fast narrative with too much introspection and self-criticism, you will be lucky if you write 500 words a day and you will be disgusted with them into the bargain. By following my formula, you write 2,000 words a day and you aren’t disgusted with them until the book is finished, which will be in about six weeks.

  Ian Fleming

  Book, Writing, Self

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• A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.

  Alex Kapranos

  Writing, Different, Flavor

  "Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand". Interview with Andy Battaglia, www.avclub.com. February 14, 2007.

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• Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection.

  Napoleon Hill

  Heart, Resentment, Affection

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.201, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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