Quotes About Criticism

Your Egnlish is so atrocious I don't feel the need to even respond' seems but a long-winded way of saying, 'Home-schooled dumbass.

Look, when you're the president, there's all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it's just the nature of the job.

I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

You know what's interesting about Washington It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.

Thank you sir for your criticism. If you knew about me what I know about me, you would have written a longer letter.

You may give all the explanations you like, but your painting makes me feel as if you were trying to make us eat cotton waste and wash it down with kerosene.

Typical of the medical profession,' said Larry bitterly. 'They can't even spot a disease until the patient is twice life size.

The trouble with you hunting blokes is lack of imagination,' said Larry critically. 'I supply magnificent ideas – all you have to do is to try them out. But no, you condemn them out of hand.

Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notionor you shall learn nothing.

Los padres tienden a prestar mayor atención a sus hijos cuando tienen un mal comportamiento que cuando hacen las cosas de manera correcta. En general, los niños están mucho más sujetos a las críticas que a los elogios y esto quizá tenga un efecto negativo sobre su autoimagen y seguridad propia. Los niños necesitan más reforzamiento positivo.

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.

"If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is a ass, a idiot."

Everyone complains of his lack of memory, but nobody of his want of judgement.

The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is part of the penalty for greatness, and every man understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

One cannot judge 'Lohengrin' from a first hearing, and I certainly do not intend to hear it a second time.

The day you write to please everyone you no longer are in journalism. You are in show business.

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires ... courage.

You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself - and how little I deserve it.

Painting, n: the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see. Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.

Some praise at morning what they blame at night.