Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

There was a criticism of 'Milk' that I found truth in, which was that it was focused on gay white men.

I am always pleasantly surprised by the criticism because I learn from it and sometimes shocked by it.

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism; reason and justice presuppose, at their origin, emotion.

My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily.

Don't take criticism personally; take from it what's useful. Apply it and move on to something better.

Critics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism.

Isolation in creative work is an onerous thing. Better to have negative criticism than nothing at all.

I know Fox News is the target of criticism but we take it in stride. Our No. 1 goal is to be accurate.

For me, there is only one means of ensuring that I do not lose respect for myself: constant criticism.

It doesn't 'hurt' me, hearing criticism from ex-players. It probably disappoints me a little bit more.

Your doubt can become a good quality if you train it. It must become knowing, it must become criticism.

I would guess that any criticism about Wal-Mart could have some element of truth with 1,500,000 people.

The whole point of free expression is not to make ideas exempt from criticism but to expose them to it.

Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.

I don't focus on criticism. I prefer to praise people and the world, rather than criticize them and it.

Writing in journalism teaches you to be very comfortable taking criticism, being edited, and rewriting.

Water inflated the belly Of Hart Crane, and of Shelley. Coleridge was a dope. Southwell died on a rope.

Sometimes you get looked at harder than other people. I can take the criticism and I can take the heat.

I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good.

Lots of people will protest that it's quite unreal and that I'm out of my mind, but that's just too bad

The purity of the critical ermine, like that of the judicial, is often soiled by contact with politics.

As an actor, it's really important for me to improve my work, and I take criticism in a positive sense.

It's important to work hard, stay humble, and not let the criticism or the compliments go to your head.

Anytime you feel jealous or envious, you reject your uniqueness. It's a criticism of God's plan for you.

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.

If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.

The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave.

For every action there’s a reaction. And also, for every action there’s an equal and opposite criticism.

Unfortunately, I was like a lot of my own students, who don't really want criticism, just encouragement.

We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.

A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.

Not taking criticism of your writing personally is an enormous step towards surviving the studio system.

Men are much more egotistical. But that means women can accept criticism and improve easier than men can.

If I can understand criticism, I take it very seriously. But it's a process; it doesn't happen overnight.

I think that criticism is unjustified. It's a cute term, but noone shouldn't be criticized for who he is.

Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism behind the human shield of their believers feelings.

The simplest kind of guidance (critique) comes every day, and many times a day in the form of discomfort.

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.

I look at my work and make up my mind about it. After that, neither flattery nor criticism matters to me.

In dealing with Mr. Nixon, it is not easy to be unfair. He invites and justifies all available criticism.

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.

My criticisms are extremely mild in comparison to the tone of some of the questions fired in my direction.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.

I think a lot of accusations about me are inaccurate, but to call me a xenophobe is an accurate criticism.

Donald Trump's hair frankly. Sometimes you know you're going to get criticism, but you just have to take .

But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.

Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!

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