Quotes About Criticism

Anyone is free to judge me, but they weren't there in my tough times.

There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the evidence doesn't show that, and the main criticism is that they are building infrastructure in exchange for Africa's resources in deals that are structured to favor China.

We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is very short-sighted. China looks efficient only because it can sacrifice most people's rights. This is not something the west should be happy about.

Genesis means the beginning. But I put the A instead of the E because I didn't wanna be criticized in church and nothing like that. And it means the beginning, but in my city, I'm the only person that's on the West Coast that has a different sound, so I was thinking to myself, 'This the beginning of a new sound, a new person.'

I don't think that most of my peers in rock criticism are from the West Coast. I think most of them are from the East Coast.

Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all.

People who have got to know Western educational methods always claim that the reading of the Classics was a useless waste of time and should be abolished. Such chatter is to be heard from hundreds of people and cannot be stopped. But it is a serious mistake.

We are reminded repeatedly, often by older men, that western civilization has died on the altar of social media.

Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.

You're supposed to not like the 'Austin Powers' movies because people ruin the catchphrases. 'Austin Powers' is so funny.

I have continued to paint; my father - who was savaged by the critics - continued to paint until practically the last week of his life.

I put my ideas into practice. That may be the reason people hate me.

I said in sharp language that that practice was wrong.

The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

I like to challenge myself not to be negative, because it's easy to take comedy to a negative place and criticize the outside world. Trying to praise something through comedy or be appreciative and making jokes about it is more challenging than cutting things down.

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.

If they want to criticize me, I don't care; I don't mind. But they must criticize me fairly. Usually, the criticism is not fair. Or the praise, even the praise sometimes is not fair.

My praise is perhaps an unforgivable poison.

In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame.

There's no praise for scoring a fight right, just criticism for one you get wrong.

I am not a character who gets carried away with good or bad performances and I won't get carried away by bigger or lesser critics. It's the same when you get praise. You can't get carried away with that.

You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.

I don't know that praise is always a good thing.