Quotes About Criticism

Most criticism shared in the internet age is useless, or worse, harmful. It's useless because it often personalizes the criticism to be about the creator, not the work. And it's useless because most critics are unskilled and ungenerous.

We choose not to be remarkable because we're worried about criticism. We

admit it. When I get a bad review, my feelings are hurt. After all, it would be nice if every critic said a title of mine was a breakthrough, an inspirational, thoughtful book that explains how everything works. But sometimes they don't. Which is about enough to ruin my day.

Kalian menjalani hidup bebas dalam ketenangan dan keamanan, di tempat yang tidak ada badai dan penganiayaan - dari sanalah kalian melakukan tugas kerasulan kalian. Di sana kalian dianggap rasul-rasul Tuhan yang hebat. Kalian mengirim prajurit-prajurit ke medan perang yang penuh pergolakan. Tetapi para jenderal yang menghangatkan badan di dekat api di tenda mereka tidak selayaknya mengkritik para prajurit yang dijadikan tawanan...

Observe him, for the love of mockery

Pru sat in her seat and smacked Mr. Pope lightly on the arm. "What was that for?" "How could you criticize her cooking? I'm certain she is doing her best." "I should hope not," he said. "Mr. Pope!" "Don't chastise me until you taste it.

We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.

Taking in another's criticism, even when it's offered out of love, requires courage.

There is always blame in this world," he told them. "If you say nothing, they will blame you. If you say too much, they will blame you. There is always blame in this world.

Mahabharata claims that 'if a man has one thousand tongues, lives for a hundred years and does nothing except describing the faults of woman, he will die without finishing the job').

People like to talk shit, but it's usually to justify their own apathy.

Why can't we resist the urge to second-guess and evaluate each other?...Sometimes I wonder if the final judgment will be a breeze compared with what we've put each other through here on earth. p 225

Don't worry about it. We're used to being told to go screw ourselves. And that's from the people who actually like us. You should hear what our enemies say. (Nykyrian)

Aren't you a little old for your mom to be picking out your clothes for you? Really? Shopping at the Children's Place at your age? I'm sure there's some third-grader dying to know who bought the last navy I-sore shirt. (Nekoda)

you're so full of shit, you ought to be a cow manure

Let's find someplace where there aren't any dead people, insects, or rodents. For that matter, someplace that's big enough to accommodate both of us without crimping any internal organs. (Shahara) Picky, picky, picky. (Syn)

I've had plenty of negative reviews. I have my entire life.

any criticism heard secondhand sounds worse than it would face to face. Words spoken out of our presence strike us as more powerful, just as people we know only by reputation seem larger than life.

When you look at Trump, you can really see someone who's destructive to any form of life enhancement in virtually every area.

I would have been in mortal misery all my life for fear my wife might say, "That's a pretty little thing," after I had finished a picture.

It is the fate of every great achievement to be pounced upon by pedants and imitators who drain it of life and turn it into an orthodoxy which stifles all stirrings of originality.

Poetry is about as much a 'criticism of life' as red-hot iron is a criticism of fire.

If we have any criticism of our leaders, we invite Satan into our lives and beliefs.

Making fun of anyone who seeks happiness rather than money and accusing them of "lacking ambition."