#criticism

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#criticism #only #people #praise #want

Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA. ↗

— Andrew Mason

#because #business #business owners #business people #cooking

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this. ↗

— Willie Mays

#accept #also #be prepared #chosen #completely

When you're free of editorial control, you owe it to yourself to obtain feedback from friends and readers. Some take those criticisms to heart and incorporate it into their work, and some ignore them. ↗

— Scott McCloud

#criticisms #editorial #feedback #free #friends

I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good. ↗

— Van Morrison

#criticism #good #i #i do #most

I despise the phony, fancy-pants rhetoric of professors aping jargon-filled European locutions - which have blighted academic film criticism for over 30 years. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#criticism #despise #european #film #film criticism

Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#bad #bad review #criticism #crushing #either

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#most #praise #rather #ruined #saved

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#became #capital #charm #convinced #criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#boredom #criticism #form