I thought I would call myself a pig before the viewer could, so they could only think more of me.

False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. Right ideals must take up the battle against them.

A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist.

So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

That's one way to overcome criticism: tank so hard that failing becomes glorious and meaningless.

If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.

Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.

It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.

Much more prevalent than physical fear is the fear of criticism, rejection, and verbal opposition.

If you can't take a good kicking, you shouldn't parade how much luckier you are than other people.

If I have one criticism of the other late-night shows, it's that they're almost entirely scripted.

If someone praises me for my acting, all I say is thanks and in case of criticism, I do apologize.

Social media sometimes feels like a vehicle for one-dimensional sniping, more than true criticism.

Not wanting to suffer criticism, the judiciary has used its power of contempt to stifle criticism.

A good critic is the sorcerer who makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet.

Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.

The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.

I accept that everyone is entitled to his opinion and as a coach, I don't run away from criticism.

I will take all the criticism constructively. It will help me to learn and improve with every film.

...don't criticize what you can't understand, your sons and your daughters are beyond your command.

I don't like to listen to the unthoughtful criticism. When we have thoughtful criticism, I love it.

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

One way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and to be a nobody. The world will then not bother you.

I don’t think the United States has done anything whatsoever to merit any criticism by the British.

When trying to start a company, your enemy isn't criticism, anger or insults. Your enemy is apathy.

I don't think the United States has done anything whatsoever to merit any criticism by the British.

Impersonal criticism?is like an impersonal fist fight or an impersonal marriage, and as successful.

Terrorism has come to publishing. It is a grave concern when criticism is turned to mortal threats.

It is a well-known fact that we see the faults in other's works more readily than we do in our own.

Whenever you do anything or say anything, you're opening yourself up to criticism. But that's okay.

Criticism, any amount, we welcome it. Come, let's have a discussion - in Parliament, all the better.

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.

Our taste is too delicate and particular. It says nay to the poet's work, but never yea to his hope.

A cruel critic has never made anything; his glibness is a way of inflicting his emptiness on others.

To substitute judgments of fact for judgments of value is a sign of pedantic and borrowed criticism.

The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism.

The frothing Trump-haters' extremism turns whatever criticism they have for the guy into mere parody.

Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

People can voice their different points of view. We are also a country where there will be criticism.

When you dig down and look at the people who are vocal in their criticism of me, it's a small number.

If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.

I cannot recall a more engaging passage in fiction, and I've been trying for almost eighteen seconds.

Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies.

I have a hard time with any sort of criticism; not because I have some huge ego or anything like that.

Works of art are of an infinite loneliness and with nothing so little to be reached as with criticism.

Comprehension, inventiveness, direction, and criticism: intelligence is contained in these four words.

We must never forget that both good and evil flow from the Bible. It is therefore not above criticism.

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