Quotes about Criticism

Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones.

You know what's interesting about Washington It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.

Thank you sir for your criticism. If you knew about me what I know about me, you would have written a longer letter.

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires ... courage.

The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to the torture and is not obliged to speak the truth.

A man may write himself out of reputation when nobody else can do it.

No leader lives a day without criticism, and humility will never be more on trial than when criticism comes.

The truth is, he tired of criticism, tired of prose measured by the yard. --Disgrace

If critics say your work stinks it's because they want it to stink and they can make it stink by scaring you into conformity with their comfortable little standards. Standards so low that they can no longer be considered dangerous but set in place in their compartmental understandings.

All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.

The concept of marriage must have been thought up by an unimaginative pig.

Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.