Quotes about Criticism

admit it. When I get a bad review, my feelings are hurt. After all, it would be nice if every critic said a title of mine was a breakthrough, an inspirational, thoughtful book that explains how everything works. But sometimes they don't. Which is about enough to ruin my day.

If we have any criticism of our leaders, we invite Satan into our lives and beliefs.

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.

It's hard to criticize someone if you are praying for them.

The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.

It is wonderful how much uglier things will look when we only suspect that we are blamed for them

That is a rare and blessed lot which some greatest men have not attained, to know ourselves guiltless before a condemning crowd -- to be sure that what we are denounced for is solely the good in us.

No sooner does a woman show that she has genius or effective talent, than she receives the tribute of being moderately praised and severely criticised.

I am so dedicated, so passionate, and that counts for more than what crazy people throw at me.

Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence. His name, like a shuttlecock, must be beat backward and forward, or it falls to the ground.

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense