Criticism Quotes

CUSTOMER (to her friend): What's this literary criticism section? Is it for books that complain about other books?

Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society.

No one tries to stone a tree whose fruit is not ripe.

Don’t try to silence other people’s genius because you’re too deaf to hear your own.

Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.

Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.

As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.

A lion does not earn its crown quarreling with sheep.

The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.

If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.

The greater the fruit a tree bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.

Tigers cannot afford to care about what sheep think.

The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.

When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.

When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.

Ignore your haters. Resist your fears. Embrace your dreams.

A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.

Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks.

We must clean the lens of our hearts to see the state of our souls. However, too often the former is too dirty to even know that the latter exists.

He left to do whatever editors do.

Leaders look out for people who can criticize them constructively and rebuke them reasonably.

The simplest way to silence your critics as a leader is to do what they claim you can’t do. However, be careful they don’t set you up to take fatal risks to please their criticisms.

There is only one thing left for you to do, ” John Sloan advised one artist. “Pull off your socks and try with your feet.

The heart of [J.G.] Ballard's vision [is] the object at odds with its function and abandoned by its time.

By encouraging the critic in themselves (the hater) they have killed the artist (the lover).

I don’t want to sit there and be like, ‘Oh, I don’t care what the audience thinks.’ It does matter to me. I just want them to think, to be honest.

Sometimes people are shocked by what I do, but I'm not trying to be liked, I speak my mind and I don't care what people think. I truly do not compromise on who I am.

That's why literature is so fascinating. It's always up for interpretation, and could be a hundred different things to a hundred different people. It's never the same thing twice.

She turned to examine Dr. Breed, looking at him with helpless reproach. She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.

Speaking a painful truth should be done only in love - like wielding a sword with no hilt - it should pain oneself in direct proportion to the amount of force exerted.

Never criticize, complain or condemn. Never forget to appreciate with love what is good in a person.

Criticism always produces negative reactions, but appreciation always creates positive actions.

Forget to criticize, but never forget to enjoy criticism.

We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say.

In many cases, it was the woman’s stomach—not her heart—that fell for her man.

In some cases, it is the woman’s stomach—not her heart—that has left her man for another.

Don’t believe the negative criticisms.

Don’t take to heart, any negative criticism. Focus on positive thoughts

You must resist negative thoughts, negative criticism and negative influences.

We would go out and play these songs and people could interpret them however the hell they wanted.

...there is a void in my guts which can only be filled by songs.

*Prostitution* is a euphemism for rape incidents that the victim and the economy profits from.

A stone, no matter how small, resists the wind.

A lion never loses sleep over a sheep's sentiments.

They fired arrows at me, but I did not fire back. I picked them up instead to build my castle.

If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.

The bigger the bricks critics throw at you the bigger the palace you are going to build.

When your critics raise hell keep building your heaven.

Believe in yourself, not in your critics.