Criticism Quotations | Page 6

Always this same morbid interest in other people and their doings, their privacies, their dirty linen, always this air of alertness for personal happenings, personalities, personalities, personalities. Always this subtle criticism and appraisal of other people, this analysis of other people's motives. If anatomy presupposes a corpse, then psychology presupposes a world of corpses. Personalities, which means personal criticism and analysis, presuppose a whole world laboratory of human psyches waiting to be vivisected. If you cut a thing up, of course it will smell. Hence, nothing raises such an infernal stink, at last, as human psychology.

A lot of people in this business don't take suggestions very well. Claudia was always very open to constructive criticism and grew tremendously because of it.

Also I haven't really heard that much criticism about my voice. Sitting here at the end of 30 years, I must be doing something right.

There was really a change in philosophy then. And Glen, for all the criticism he's received -- for all that criticism that all of us have received, and deservedly so -- we were fortunate that ownership stuck with us to give us the time to do it right.

There was no sadness or sorrow expressed at the cremation. We are actually happy because we will be spared of further international criticism because of Pol Pot.

There's a lot of criticism and public debate, but our plan is workable and we're prepared. Our plan is comprehensive and only getting better.

There'll be no criticism of anybody that wants to jump out. I'll take you close to the field. All you have to do is jump out and pull the rip cord.

There's been a wave of consolidation in the sector over the last year. The world's gold producers have been functioning in survival mode for a few years. They've had to deal with the same issues as other base metal companies -- shaky demand, falling prices for commodities and criticism for being a waste of capital and destroying shareholder value. That's changing.

All politicians are vulnerable in an environment of anger. What you've got is this perfect storm: The president is low in the polls, the governor is low in the polls and neither of them is on the ticket. Given the criticism and the anger, somebody is going to be on the receiving end of those emotions.

It was awesome. I've got a lot of respect for that guy. All the criticism he's taken over the years, I don't think it's warranted at all. He puts himself out there, he wants to win, you can see it in his eyes. Everyone criticizes him for shooting too much but he's just doing what he feels he needs to do to help his team win ball games.

I told him I was proud of him for all the work he's put in. After all the criticism he's been through, to do what he did this year is remarkable. When your organization drafts someone to replace you and you end up being the leader of a division champion, that's just inspirational.

I took a lot of criticism for not recruiting Manitoba kids. But those kids, in most cases, were going the route that was the best fit for them, and that was to play junior ball.

It still remains to be seen if the results indicate a criticism of the ruling coalition, or appealing policy positions of the Democrats and other opposition groups.

It's one thing to deal with criticism when you haven't done your job. That's part of the game. But it's harder to deal with it before you've even been given a chance.

It means a lot. All the criticism he took, most folks would have run out of town. For Jason to turn around and lead us to a game-winning touchdown ...

It makes perfect sense that the most stringent voting system requirements would be coming out of California because that's been the source of the greatest criticism of electronic voting.

It's hard to take criticism like this when you're out here doing the best that you can.

It's hard to imagine anybody having the backbone that Greenspan brought to the job, the ability to withstand months and months of criticism and stick to his guns.

It's hard to listen to negative criticism for a week. But it's good to look it in the face and be a man about it. You need a whipping every now and then to let you know you aren't as good you think you are.

Its unfortunate that we are dealing with this criticism of our industry. We are doing our part to invest in new oil and gas projects to provide supplies to our customers.

Despite criticism in the press, we can see that the idea of the New Year holidays has justified itself. Our two-year experience confirms this.

That kind of criticism will continue until we turn things around here, ... I'm still not reading the papers. Nothing changes around here until we start scoring some points and winning.

It's not a criticism of the Salvation Army. I did the best I could.

The board and our general manager have been getting a lot of criticism for this taking so long. Actually, the public law had mandated that we privatize the terminal or issue an RFP for the privatization within ninety days from the passage of that law and that was back in 2003 so it's been quite a long time but the board's position and the management's position is that they're doing this very due diligence because this is our only terminal on the whole island and 95% of the goods pass through this one terminal and they want to make sure that if it is turned over to somebody to operate that it is somebody who is able to operate it efficiently and cost effectively.

The biggest criticism against Disney is that it hasn't used strategic acquisitions to leverage franchises,

It's clear they are trying to button up some of their previous problems with PR and to deflect criticism about all of their purchasing of former U.S. officials. It's a move that is clearly designed to make them look like a regular company.

It's clearly offensive when the president of Israel makes a criticism and instead of dealing with the essence of the criticism, Netanyahu turns it around and basically questions the motives and patriotism of the president.

It was an important victory because now we'll be able to prepare in peace for the World Cup. Some of the criticism in the past few weeks was justified but some comments were below the belt.

It was a great performance. People need to understand that he's only 21 years old. The criticism he's taking is unfair.

It was a big deal. There was a lot of criticism leveled her way, and she handled it like the outstanding person she was and is to this day.

It was probably one of the most difficult times. I thought, 'I'm making money, I think I'm doing my job,' but people weren't appreciating it. After a while, the criticism does sting.

It was a delicate act: Celebrating debate and criticism while declaring that a key element of that debate -- whether the administration exaggerated prewar intelligence about Iraq -- is off-limits. But Cheney achieved it with matter-of-fact indignation.

Once a person is appointed, they are basically independent. If you're president, you want someone who would temper their criticism of you.

The negativity, it's hard to talk about that. I don't think he deserves all the criticism he's received this past week.

The Islamists aren't in the affair, because it would expose them to criticism and gain them nothing.

Their very success has brought extra criticism that feeds this sense of being persecuted, ... Before, they felt a lack of respect. Now, they feel some hostility.

The Fed has more or less backed away from this pre-emptive approach that they talked so much about in recent months. In fact, the Senate could say that Alan Greenspan & Co. caved in to the political criticism on Capitol Hill that we saw emanate over the last few weeks,

The FDA commissioner's job is to absorb and deflect criticism of the agency ... Crawford failed that test.

The fans must be allowed to speak out and criticism is welcome but when the game starts, they must all stand behind the team.

In light of the criticism of the TSE both domestically and abroad, and the importance of the TSE to our capital markets, I hope the exchange returns to normal trading hours soon.

I mean look, the thing about movie making and criticism and producing movies now, everyone compares everything to something else.

I'm not sure if there will be a bit of criticism because we haven't signed him but we've spent a lot of money on strikers,

I'm happy for Randy, because he's taken a lot of unfair criticism and he's pitched excellent of late. And that's what we got him for: to come in here, in a hostile environment, and take a great lineup like the Red Sox and dominate them. He's the one component we didn't have last year.

I listen and take it for what it's worth. And a lot of it is worth nothing to me. Some of it, the criticism and the stuff that comes from my coaches and people like that that I need to listen to to get better, that definitely means something to me.

If our form of expression comes out of blatant robbery then we as the messenger are open for justified criticism of our message.

I fully expected Livingston to cause us a bit of discomfort in these last few weeks. But our future is very much in our own hands just now and I can't ask any more from the players than what they are giving me just now. We are unbeaten in our last three games, we have lost only one goal in that time and we are picking up points. My only criticism is that the players are showing the tension they are obviously feeling and that is stopping them from playing in their usual free-flowing manner, but it is an understandable reaction bearing in mind what is at stake. All I can ask is that they remain focused and concentrate on winning their last four games.

In this time of rising oil and gas prices, the program has been the subject of criticism for alleged under-collections resulting in the public not receiving fair value for its mineral resources.

I know I will receive a lot of criticism for this but I will do what I think is right for our country,

I have to say there's a great deal of criticism flying about,

I have to say that I will not accept the criticism that has been emanating from Belgrade from the very people who organize the mass ethnic cleansing of Kosovo, who have caused thousands of civilian deaths in Kosovo, and who have displaced from their homes hundreds of thousands of people in Kosovo, ... How dare they produce crocodile tears for people killed in the conflict for which they themselves are responsible.

In order to figure this artmaking stuff out, it's trial and error and experimentation, and takes some time and hard thinking. Putting work out in many forms and stages is an extension of how I see things. I feel the art process is best served when it invites comments and constructive criticism from people.

In fact the only criticism is it's probably been going on too long. This is something I worked very hard on and it's something I'm very proud of and I make no apologies.

If the manager has any criticism of my performance I want him to say it to my face. It is all about respect and fair play.

If the manager has any criticism of me I want him to say it to my face. I want a managers to talk to me after the game but before going to his news conference.

Being in the majority is a lot more fun for a public official than being in the minority. If you are not in the majority, not in the center of the action, it's hard work and criticism without the benefit of accomplishing all what you were elected to or want to accomplish.

But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane season that is 100 days away. And we don't have a lot of time to waste before we start to address that next set of challenges.

To hint at a fault does more mischief than speaking out; for whatever is left for the imagination to finish will not fail to be overdone ...

A lot of people have the answers after the results come in.

For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until the election.

After long experience of politics, I have never found that there is any inhibition caused by ignorance as regards criticism.

I have never found criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.

People who are criticizing... don't really get it, because if they did, they would like it.

He's taken over in the fourth quarter ever since people started questioning it and he's responded to everybody's criticism this year.

He's pretty much even-keeled in his approach. When his play was lavished with praise, I think he handled that well, and he handles the criticism well. I think he's extremely motivated to be as good as he can be.

I don't react to criticism from outside the camp, I react to a pretty awful performance.

There's a tacit agreement today that the white male is the only legitimate target for any and all satire, criticism, and so forth. And we pretty much just accept it.

Gary may have had nothing to do with this, I don't know, ... But my concern and my criticism is leveled at my colleague and friend because of the way he's conducted himself, for handling himself subsequent to this young lady's disappearance. He could have been more forthcoming, could have been more truthful and could have been more candid.

all creative writers need a certain amount of time when they're creating something where nobody should criticize them at all - at all. Even if the criticism is valid or good, they should just shut up, and let that person create. Because at a certain point you have to make it your own - not the world's, but your own.

Criticism is a surreal state, like a good drug gone bad. When it's bad you wish it would stop, and when it's good, you can't get enough.

When working on my choreography I am not always receptive to outside suggestions or opinions. I believe that if you have something in mind in the way of a creation, such as a new dance, a sequence, or an effect, you are certain to come up with inaccurate criticism and damaging results if you go around asking for opinions.

In a world not made for women, criticism and ridicule follow us all the days of our lives. Usually they are indications that we are doing something right.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

Old art offers just as good a criticism of new art as new art offers of old.

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

If a woman wants to succeed in the public arena, she needs to grow skin as thick as the hide of a rhinoceros. I have certainly, as you can tell, have had to learn how to do that, and there's a lot of good moisturizers I can tell you about if you're interested. The second thing is to learn how to take criticism seriously but not personally.

It's important to take criticism seriously - not personally.

Learn how to take criticism seriously, but not personally.

Like it or not, women are always subject to criticism if they show too much feeling in public.

Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism.

When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it.

I, with other Americans, have perhaps unduly resented the stream of criticism of American life... more particularly have I resented the sneers at Main Street. For I have known that in the cottages that lay behind the street rested the strength of our national character.

When it is about technology, there is this tendency to just reject all criticism as being anti-technological and anti-modern. I think this is very unhealthy.

I love constructive criticism.

Criticism is like many other things, it drags along after what has already been said and doesn't get out of its rut.

The thought of judgment, criticism and condemnation must, in time, operate against the one who sets it into motion.

Your criticism sounds to me as if you have read too many critical books and are too smart in an artificial, destructive, and very limited way.

All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary.

Do they think I'm on drugs? That I have a life-threatening illness? That I'm anorexic? Emotionally, it doesn't get easier to hear those criticisms - but it gets easier to be resolute about my reaction to it.

We have been educated to such a fine - or dull - point that we are incapable of enjoying something new, something different, until we are first told what it's all about. We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation. In short, the blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way.

We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation.

[People] want me to finish things. But I see them in such a way and paint them accordingly. ... Nothing is simpler than to complete pictures in a superficial sense. Never does one lie so cleverly as then.

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

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

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

If criticism had any power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now.

We mustn't be afraid of inventing anything...Everething there is in us exists in nature. After all, we're part of nature. If it resembles nature, that's fine. If it doesn't, what of it? When man wanted to invent something as useful as the human foot, he invented the wheel, which he used to transport himself and his burdens. The fact that the wheel doesn't have the slightest resemblance to the human foot is hardly a criticism of it.

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

The method of the critic is to balance praises with censure, and thus to do justice to the subject and--his own discrimination.

The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave, and the imperfect may safely be left to that final neglect from which no amount of present undeserved popularity can rescue it.

No work deserves to be criticized that has not much in it that deserves to be applauded.