Quotes about Criticism

Simply, a complaint attacks the problem, whereas a criticism attacks the person.

If the poet's description be criticized as not true to fact, one may urge perhaps that the object ought to be as described—an answer like that of Sophocles, who said that he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

A dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn.

The commendation of apparent friends is more dangerous than reproach.

When you play quarterback and the offense doesn't play well, a lot of that is because of the quarterback. You're going to receive the criticism.

People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.

How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.

I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy.

The system of Christian celebrity was not a good space for me, and it was brutal on my kids - my son in college was frequently confronted by people railing against me as a heretic.

Heckuva job, Brownie!