Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dale Carnegie

There is no such thing as constructive criticism.

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.

Dustin Hoffman

A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.

Confucius

When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.

David Lee Roth

The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism.

Anne Stevenson

Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.

Anne Stevenson

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.

Alison Bechdel

I still found literary criticism to be a suspect activity

Alice Walker

Criticism is painful when it's not done with love.

Andrea Bocelli

Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.

Ricky Gervais

The best way to avoid criticism is never do anything ever. Or, do what you love, have a great life & let others spend their time criticising.

Brigham Young

If your are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.

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

Barry Gibb

You are never really prepared for criticism.

Edmund Morris

There are floods of praise coming in as well as criticism.

Edith Wharton

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.

David Walliams

I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.

Edward Klein

If there's criticism of my work that's legitimate. I'm ready to hear of it.

Damon Lindelof

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

Elia Kazan

Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.

We hear nothing but criticism from Sen. Ryberg. We don't hear anything about solutions to fix the problem.

Brendan Fraser

Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy

Brad Pitt

I always heard criticism is the tax on fame. They were right. And then some.

Jane Campion

As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.

Denzel Washington

A film is just like a muffin. You make it. You put it on the table. One person might say, Oh, I don't like it. One might say it's the best muffin ever made. One might say it's an awful muffin. It's hard for me to say. It's for me to make the muffin.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Foolishness and criticism are so apt, do so naturally go together!

Charles Caleb Colton

Criticism discloses that which it would fain conceal, but conceals that which it professes to disclose; it is therefore, read by the discerning, not to discover the merits of an author, but the motives of his critic.

Byron Katie

Until you look forward to all criticism, your Work's not done.

Carlos Ghosn

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.

Mika

Anyone who tries to diss me in comparison to Queen, it just renders all their criticisms completely futile. That's quite pleasurable.

We started the event with 12 teams but reduced it to a 10-team event following criticism there was too much disparity between the top 10 and the 11th and 12th teams.

Carl Jung

Criticism can be effective when there is something that must be destroyed or dissolved, but it is capable only of harm when there is something to be built.

What he's saying may be good press criticism but I'm not sure it's good law.