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Quotes About Criticism

Du ser splinten i din nestes øye, men ikke bjelken i ditt eget.
~ Erlend Loe
Neki možda smatraju da je prethodnu re?enicu trebalo završiti uzvi?nikom, ali ja (koji ovo pišem) mislim da je upotreba uzvi?nika znak slabosti. Uzvi?nik se možda može upotrebiti dva puta u životu, ako se piše svaki dan. Ako se ne piše svaki dan, uzvi?nik se u odre?enim slu?ajevima može upotrebiti jednom. Ljude koji nekriti?no koriste uzvi?nik treba internirati i deportovati - barem na neko vreme.
~ Erlend Loe
Some people define themselves by railing against all of the things they hate, while explaining why everyone else should hate it too.
~ Ernest Cline
It's fucking lame, is what it is! The swords look like they were made out of tinfoil. And that soundtrack is epically lame. Full of synthesizers and shit. By the motherfucking Alan Parsons Project! Lame-o-rama! Beyond lame. Highlander II lame.
~ Ernest Cline
These days, most gunters referred to them as "the Sux0rz." (Because they sucked.)
~ Ernest Cline
Says you, assface. It has some great moments." "No," I said, shaking my head. "It doesn't. It's even worse than that first Ewok flick, Caravan of Courage. They shoulda called it Caravan of Suck.
~ Ernest Cline
People who live in glass houses should shut the fuck up.
~ Ernest Cline
acusaron de defender "el comunismo de la propiedad".
~ Ernesto Cardenal
A critical attitude, like activity, is one of the fundamental characteristics of our time. Both are interdependent. If the critical attitude should dwindle, there would be more peace and less intelligence, to the benefit of the essential. Neither criticism nor activity, however, can steer the course in such a direction - this means that higher forces are involved.
~ Ernst Junger
Una cosa che non mi può succedere: perdere tempo a leggere il libro di uno scrittore che non stimo e aggiungere la perdita di tempo di scrivere contro.
~ Erri De Luca
There is among us a tendency to consider true, good and fine everything that appears under the agreeable cloak of revolt against the accepted "truths", especially if supported by people who are, or call themselves, anarchists. This shows a deficiency of that spirit of investigation and criticism that should be maximally developed in anarchists.
~ Errico Malatesta
My experience at the Firm (and that of the many McKinsey alumni I interviewed for this book) taught me that IHs produced by teams are much stronger than those produced by individuals. Why? Most of us are poor critics of our own thinking.
~ Ethan M. Rasiel
Critics of McKinsey (and management consulting in general) say that the Firm bases its solutions on the most current management fad—the favorite tool in its intellectual toolbox.
~ Ethan M. Rasiel
The translator's task is essentially a difficult and often a thankless one. He is severely criticized if he makes a mistake, but only faintly praised when he succeeds, for often it is assumed that anyone who know two languages ought to be able to do as well as the translator who has labored to produce a text.
~ Eugene A. Nida
Our beloved country is being attacked and we must be loyal to it; in times of crisis it is not right to criticize your leaders. It is disloyal, an act of treachery." Using jingoist language is far easier than taking responsibility for righteousness in the nation. Far easier to shout patriotic slogans than to work patriotically for justice.
~ Eugene H. Peterson
Patriotism was used to muddle the sense of morality: "Our beloved country is being attacked and we must be loyal to it; in times of crisis it is not right to criticize your leaders. It is disloyal, an act of treachery." Using jingoist language is far easier than taking responsibility for righteousness in the nation. Far easier to shout patriotic slogans than to work patriotically for justice.
~ Eugene H. Peterson
Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one. Judgmental criticism of others is a well-known way of escaping detection in your own crimes and misdemeanors.
~ Eugene H. Peterson
There will always be someone who will see the futility of your actions. There will always be someone who is irritated by what you do, whatever you do. In this way we participate in a kind of shared, communal pessimism.
~ Eugene Thacker
For the good, when praised, feel something of disgust, if to excess commended.
~ Euripides
You can write a song for someone, and then their mom doesn't like it, and then it doesn't get released. It could be the best song that you've ever written. I hated that, because I didn't have any control.
~ Dean Lewis
Each time when my films get released, people always compare it with my debut film 'Parutthiveeran' and comment that nothing comes near that flick.
~ Karthi
I directed 'Death in the Gunj' which released in 2017. It got very good reviews and a few awards but did not do well at the box-office. But I'm not bothered. I made the film that I wanted to make. It was not a film for everyone.
~ Konkona Sen Sharma
People criticize you for trying new things. I think, 'I'm new! I'm 22!' I don't know exactly what my sound is or what I want my album to sound like, so I'm not releasing it yet. While I'm experimenting, I'll let you in on the journey, and you can hear it for free.
~ Iggy Azalea
I merely dared to say Tebow could be a successful starting quarterback in the National Football League - not a Pro Bowler, mind you, just a guy who could win games his way. Which prompted relentless attacks from anti-Tebow analysts and journalists.
~ Skip Bayless