Quotes About Criticism

Teachers have power. We may cripple them by petty economics; by Government regulations, by the foolish criticism of an uninformed press; but their power exists for good or evil.

Never fear criticism. Use the information to grow your thinking power.

The fear of criticism stagnates the power of creativity.

You can call anyone you want a traitor as long as you're the one holding the pen.

To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.

When we started the show, there were mixed responses. Half of the people said, 'That show doesn't have a chance.' The other half said, 'That show doesn't have a prayer.'

What was a really private and nice relationship was judged and made to be something ugly.

Seems like there's always someone who disapproves. They'll judge it like they know about me and you.

David Felton, his former editor at Rolling Stone, called it "probably the worst-edited and most self-indulgent work since the Bible. There doesn't seem to be any order.

Reviews are for readers, not writers. If I get a bad one, I shrug it off. If I get a good one, I don't believe it

Who can refute a sneer?

They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, not Justice. (Frequently misquoted as "He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.")

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

John, you look like crap warmed over." He nodded, walking into the conference room for what had now become their daily meeting. Thanks, Tom. I needed that.

Every one fault seeming monstrous till his fellow fault came to match it.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice take each man's censure but reserve thy judgement.

What the critics saw from book to book—but failed to detect as a linkage among all of them—was Steinbeck's anger. He was America's most pissed-off writer. "All his work," Gray wrote, "steams with indignation at injustice, with contempt for false piety, with scorn for the cunning and self-righteousness of an economic system that encourages exploitation, greed, and brutality.

Conservatism, it was called; and certainly it did conserve the devil admirably.

Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

Flattery.... gets its kicks by flirting with insult and ridicule.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100% dedication, you won't be able to do this.

The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in.