Quotes About Critique

I didn't much want to listen to constructive criticism from somebody whose decision making process so far seemed to be "What can I do that's more insane than the last thing I did?

Literality in satire is the condemnation by quotation.

I do wish [Calvin Coolidge] did not look as if he had been weaned on a pickle.

Caregiving also is the object of a more realistic critique, as some have noted the psychological toll of the profession. Scholar Arlie Hochschid...worries about the potential harm to workers who must sell the most intimate parts of themselves, manufacturing smiles and cuddles for low pay.

Tocqueville did not believe that the old writers were perfect, but he believed that they could best make us aware of our imperfections, which is what counts.

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa!

Cuando el mal gusto alcanza tales extremos, sólo queda el recurso de la risa

I always loved 'The Weakest Link' and how brutal Anne Robinson was on it.

I was always part of the end-of-term review at school. We would mercilessly mock any slight weakness in the teachers.

I love to argue. I've always loved to argue. And I love to point out the weaknesses of the opposing arguments. It may well be that I'm something of a shin kicker. It may well be that I'm something of a contrarian.

In the late 1960s, the New Classical economists saw the same weaknesses in the microfoundations of macroeconomics that have motivated me. They hated its lack of rigor. And they sacked it.

I look at my paintings for a very long time before letting them out of my studio. I like to get on the treadmill and look around at all of my paintings while I exercise. I try to stare them down to make them reveal their weaknesses. If they reveal weaknesses, they get repainted.

First, one scrambles for wealth. Then, one luxuriates in mocking the effeteness that comes with it.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,' it's crucial to say that.

During the two centuries since the publication of 'The Wealth of Nations,' the main activity of economists, it seems to me, has been to fill the gaps in Adam Smith's system, to correct his errors and to make his analysis vastly more exact.

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

Well, comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

I'm wearing a garbage bag. I was put on my own worst-dressed list.

Making small talk about what someone is wearing is just another form of unsolicited feedback.

Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.

Some of the stuff that Wilmer wears is bad. And Debra Jo.

I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good.

Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews.

Every week, I'm faced with, and aware of, 10-14 different reviewable albums that, in a perfect world, I'd be able to pop a review out of. But I'm just one person who, while maintaining my sanity, can only do 5-6 reviews per week.