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Criticism Quotes

"I'm absolutely convinced of that. Israel is the representative of the United States in that part of the world. Its policies are so integrated with American policies that they use the same language."

"I'm absolutely convinced of that. Israel is the representative of the United States in that part of the world. Its policies are so integrated with American policies that they use the same language."

John Pilger, Australian Journalist

Criticism, American, Israel, Language, States

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"Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive."

"Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive."

Donald Rumsfeld, American Politician

Criticism, May, Publicity

4

"You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters."

"You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters."

Peyton Manning, American Athlete

Criticism, First

4

"Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me."

"Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

Criticism, Fans

4

"We need to be calling out the flaws and misguided decisions of the Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration."

"We need to be calling out the flaws and misguided decisions of the Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration."

Timothy Pawlenty, American Politician

Criticism, Congress, Decisions, Democrats, Flaws

4

"Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that."

"Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that."

Steve Ballmer, American Businessman

Criticism, Culture, Talking

4

"She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises."

"She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises."

William Congreve, English Poet

Criticism, Prizes

4

"The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed to tell."

"The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed to tell."

James Whistler, American Artist

Criticism, English, Folk, Majority, May

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"Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don't hold on to that ."

"Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don't hold on to that ."

Diana Ross, American Actress

Criticism, Hurt

4

"You could put on monkeys jumping up and down and get bigger numbers than MSNBC."

"You could put on monkeys jumping up and down and get bigger numbers than MSNBC."

Bill O'Reilly, American Journalist

Criticism, Numbers

3

"Why is it we never get our bad medicine in small doses?"

"Why is it we never get our bad medicine in small doses?"

Edmund H. North, American Writer

Criticism, Medicine

3

"It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep."

"It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep."

John Jay Chapman, American Poet

Criticism, Deep

3

"I don't take criticism lying down."

"I don't take criticism lying down."

William Westmoreland, American Soldier

Criticism, Lying

3

"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be."

"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Criticism, Ego, Power, Superiority, Bias

3

"But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"

"But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Criticism, Fleas

3

"Dare to risk public criticism."

"Dare to risk public criticism."

Mary Kay Ash, American Businessman

Criticism, Public, Risk

3

"You are never really prepared for criticism."

"You are never really prepared for criticism."

Barry Gibb, English Musician

3

"Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down."

"Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Criticism, May, Name, Shakespeare, Will

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"A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender."

"A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender."

Jim Bishop, American Journalist

Criticism, Writer

3

"Calumny is only the noise of madmen."

"Calumny is only the noise of madmen."

Diogenes of Sinope, Greek Philosopher

Criticism, Calumny

3

"There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic."

"There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic."

Anne Stevenson, American Poet

Criticism, Literary, Wrong

3

"The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem."

"The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem."

Allen Tate, American Poet

3

"It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not."

"It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not."

Alfred Whitney Griswold, American Educator

3

"Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another."

"Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another."

Anne Sullivan Macy, American Educator

Criticism, Agitation, Driving, Eye

3

"When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on."

"When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Criticism, Clowns, Heroes

3

"The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon."

"The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon."

Charles Buxton, English Public Servant

3

"Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings."

"Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings."

Octavio Paz, Mexican Poet

Criticism, Grammar

3

"Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism."

"Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism."

Alan Jay Lerner, American Dramatist

Criticism, Theater

3

"When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again."

"When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again."

Richard Russo, American Novelist

Criticism, End, Fiction, Literary

3

"A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation."

"A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

Criticism, Observation, World, Worth

3

"I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the individuals in the populations and species."

"I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the individuals in the populations and species."

George C. Williams, American Scientist

3

"I doubt you can understand the magnitude of the stupidity in your statement."

"I doubt you can understand the magnitude of the stupidity in your statement."

Robert Jordan, American Author

Criticism, Stupidity, Understanding, Magnitude, Judgment

3

"My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily."

"My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily."

Victoria Woodhull, American Activist

Criticism, Opinions, Principles, Public

3

"Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise."

"Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise."

Mary Kay Ash, American Businessman

Criticism, Praise

2

"There is a difference between criticizing people and criticizing a people's uninformed ideals. That is, unless one defines himself or others by their ideals, then he is offended, and usually offended secretly. Because oddly enough, this person is the same person quickest to resort to dismissive name-calling, such as 'bigot' or 'zealot'. And oddly enough, he is always the one, the 'open-minded' one, who adamantly protests for, not only himself, but others not to listen to any type of scholarly theological truth inherently for the sake of his own personal, moral beliefs."

"There is a difference between criticizing people and criticizing a people's uninformed ideals. That is, unless one defines himself or others by their ideals, then he is offended, and usually offended secretly. Because oddly enough, this person is the same person quickest to resort to dismissive name-calling, such as 'bigot' or 'zealot'. And oddly enough, he is always the one, the 'open-minded' one, who adamantly protests for, not only himself, but others not to listen to any type of scholarly theological truth inherently for the sake of his own personal, moral beliefs."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Criticism, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

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"Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!"

"Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!"

Laurence Sterne, Irish Novelist

Criticism, May, World

2

"Obviously there will be a backlash. If you believe the hype you have to believe a backlash too. Any criticism we get, is always stuff we've already criticised ourselves."

"Obviously there will be a backlash. If you believe the hype you have to believe a backlash too. Any criticism we get, is always stuff we've already criticised ourselves."

Johnny Greenwood, British Musician

Criticism, Will

2

"I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits."

"I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits."

Daniel Okrent, American Editor

Criticism, Ridicule

2

"To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness."

"To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Criticism, Greatness, Man

2

"Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove."

"Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove."

Juvenal, Roman Poet

Criticism, Censure

2

"Mrs Woolf's complaint should be addressed to her creator, who made her, rather than me."

"Mrs Woolf's complaint should be addressed to her creator, who made her, rather than me."

Cecil Beaton, English Photographer

Criticism, Complaint

2

"I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism."

"I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

Criticism, Compliment

2

"There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful."

"There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful."

Theodore White, American Journalist

Criticism, Editors

2

"The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote."

"The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote."

Rex Stout, American Writer

2

"I would be with those who say the hierarchy in the United States has badly mishandled this whole situation."

"I would be with those who say the hierarchy in the United States has badly mishandled this whole situation."

William P. Leahy, American Educator

Criticism, States, United

2

"There are hardly five critics in America; and several of them are asleep."

"There are hardly five critics in America; and several of them are asleep."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Criticism, America

2

"Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire."

"Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire."

Henry Miller, American Author

Criticism, Fire, Passion

2

"I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan."

"I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

Criticism, Opposition, Praise

2

"I didn't view myself as attacking the boss. I viewed my boss at ESPN as the publisher and president of ESPN."

"I didn't view myself as attacking the boss. I viewed my boss at ESPN as the publisher and president of ESPN."

Gregg Easterbrook, American Author

Criticism, Boss, President

2

"It seems this is an age of clever critics who keep bewailing the fact that there are no works worthy of criticism."

"It seems this is an age of clever critics who keep bewailing the fact that there are no works worthy of criticism."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Criticism, Art, Truth, Creativity

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