Quotes About Criticism

Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really bad, the only interest I can derive from writing about it has to come from myself, from such display of intelligence, wit and malice as I can contrive. One cannot review a bad book without showing off.

Be subtle, various, ornamental, clever, And do not listen to those critics ever Whose crude provincial gullets crave in books Plain cooking made still plainer by plain cooks.

When a reviewer describes a book as 'sincere,' one knows immediately that it is a) insincere (insincerely insincere) and b) badly written.

No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have - and I think he is a dirty little beast.

No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast.

In American cinema, people will take a chance on you, though they'll often remind you that really, they always liked you.

I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody.

I detest 'Jingle Bells,' 'White Christmas,' 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,' and the obscene spending bonanza that nowadays seems to occupy not just December, but November and much of October, too.

People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people.

If you say what you think don't expect to hear only what you like.

The more we use words that in any way imply criticism, the more difficult it is for people to stay connected to the beauty within themselves.

There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation.

I despise computers in many ways. I think they're hopelessly underevolved and overrated.

If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and no-one dares criticize it.

I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.

We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.

Having haters is just a part of the business, and the more haters you have, the more people like you - that's how I view it, because I try to see the positive in things.

The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics - and our external ones too - the easier it will get to have confidence in our choices, and to feel comfortable with who we are.

I thought I was attractive when I shot 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.' Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them.

Positive criticism is feedback given with the purpose of helping another person to grow and to develop. Negative criticism is intended to hurt and often to defame and to destroy.

I have no confidence in USA law enforcement.

Bonnat tells me, 'Your painting isn't bad, it is chic, but even so it isn't bad, but your drawing is absolutely atrocious.' So I must gather my courage and start once again.

Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.

Revile those who flatter you.