Quotes about criticism
criticism important
It's important to take criticism seriously - not personally. Hillary Clinton
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Learn how to take criticism seriously, but not personally.
criticism description critics
Great critics do not explicate a text; they describe it and then report on what they have described, if the description itself is not the criticism. Gore Vidal
criticism should charm
Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary. Joseph Joubert
criticism praise criticism-and-praise
Both criticism and praise is part of putting yourself out there. Richard Sherman
criticism different talent
We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism. Frank A. Clark
criticism purpose flattery
Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose. Henry Ward Beecher
criticism president united-states
This criticism is ridiculous. The twenty-five hundreth anniversary celebration cost me less than the inauguration of each new president of the United States. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
criticism morality seems
Strength and success; they are above morality, above criticism. It seems then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. John Steinbeck
criticisms found literature standards teaching
All the arguments inserted in the standards are only found in the literature of intelligent design. Teaching the criticisms is teaching ID.
criticism receiving deserving
I am more afraid of deserving criticism than of receiving it. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
criticism moral teach
Comparative criticism teaches us that moral and aesthetic defects are more nearly related than is commonly supposed. James Russell Lowell
criticism albums flawless
The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies were superb, and lyrics frequently very good, and the performances flawless. Jon Landau
criticism literature want
One of the functions of literary criticism, or reviewing, generally - and I, most of my reviews actually are not about literature - but one of the functions of that is basically the sort of Consumer Reports function of letting readers know whether this is something they want to read. Louis Menand
criticism spirit worship
Worship the spirit of criticism. Louis Pasteur
criticism made critics
Critics are already made. Lord Byron
criticism world definitions
I am bound by my own definition of criticism : a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world. Matthew Arnold
criticism kind admire
The critic who justly admires all kinds of things simultaneously cannot love any one of them. Max Beerbohm
criticism fine polish
Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive. Marilyn vos Savant
criticism compliment sincere
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism. Plautus
criticism opinion passages
That was excellently observed’, say I, when I read a passage in an author, where his opinion agrees with mine. When we differ, there I pronounce him to be mistaken. Jonathan Swift
criticism use language
Poststructuralism. . . . is a form of literary criticism that uses elaborate wordplay to prove its central premise, that all language is internally contradictory and has no fixed meaning. Naomi Wolf
criticism way world
One way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and to be a nobody. The world will then not bother you. Napoleon Hill
criticism ridiculous synthetic
The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
criticism way coping
As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews. Joanne Harris
criticism hard honest
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
criticism critics-and-criticism handled last logistics ourselves time
The last time we did this there was some criticism on our procedure. It wasn't the selection. I want to make that very clear. It was the way we handled ourselves on the logistics of it.
criticism compliment i-can
I can take criticisms but not compliments. James Taylor
criticism decay firsts
When a society decays, it is language that is first to become gangrenous. As a result, social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings Octavio Paz
criticism social grammar
Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.
criticism critics misconception
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. Emile M. Cioran
criticism fox-news matter
Fox News is nothing if not impressive. No matter how harsh the criticism it endures, the network somehow always manages to prove itself even worse than we had previously imagined. Eric Alterman
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Good criticism is very rare and always precious. Ralph Waldo Emerson