Quotes About Criticism

The description of the Bible (warts and all) which follows will necessarily make disconcerting reading for those who idealize it, but I will also show that it is not and cannot be the whole foundation of either Judaism or Christianity.

Faithful: What! why he (Shame) objected against religion itself; he said it was a pitiful, low, sneaking business for a man to mind religion; he said that a tender conscious was an unmanly thing; and that for a man to watch over his words and ways, so as to tie himself up from that hectoring liberty that the brave spirits of the times accustom themselves unto, would make him the ridicule of the times."

When the same qualities which we admire in ourselves are seen in others, even though they be superior, maliciously lower and carp at them.

literature gives you ideas to think with. It stocks your mind. It does not indoctrinate, because diversity, counter-argument, reappraisal and qualification are its essence. But it supplies the materials for thought. Also, because it is the only art capable of criticism, it encourages questioning, and self-questioning.

university," Joseph Scaliger (1540–1609). His expertise in the classics and biblical textual criticism made him one of the premier scholars of Europe. Other scholars included Jacob Arminius (1550–1609), Francis Gomarus (1563–1641), Simon Episcopius (1583–1643), and Johannes Coccejus (1603

If there are no permanent standards, there is no criticism possible.

In a moment when criticism shows a singular dearth of direction every man has to be a law unto himself in matters of theatre, writing, and painting. While the American Mercury and the new Ford continue to spread a thin varnish of Ritz over the whole United States there is a certain virtue in being unfashionable.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well; the chiefest part of which is to observe those excellencies which delight a reasonable reader

I don't know the fitness that Donald Trump possesses to be commenting on other people's heroism. The most lethal foe that he is ever faced in his own life, I think was Rosie O'Donnell.

No matter how talented you are not everyone is going to like you but that's life, stay strong

I don't think you can be in public life without being called bad names.

Blaming the government for all the bad things that happen.

The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though they're the ones doing the judging.

What is life? A continuous praise and blame.

Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, like an avalanche, and I don't think there's anything I can do to stop it.

I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.

You know what freaks me out? Having your personal life live-tweeted so that everyone can make fun of you forever.

It's amazing how everyone has an opinion on how you should live your life.

If two of your films don't do well, people say you're out in the cold and your career is over. One film does well, and you've had the best year of your life! I don't believe in all that's written.

If a man has committed wrong in life, I don't know any moralist more anxious to point his errors out to the world than his own relations.

This is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you're going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.

PILLORY, n. A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction - prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and blameless lives.

Are people angry with me? Sure, anything you do in your life, people are going to be angry at you.

I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.