#criticism

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#convention #conventional #criticism #departure #fury

The supposed inferiority of a constructed language to a national one on the score of richness of connotation is, of course, no criticism of the idea of a constructed language. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#constructed #course #criticism #idea #inferiority

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting! ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#criticism #hypocrites #may #most #though

This issue, if not addressed, leaves any President, including George Bush, open to the criticism that they are essentially ignoring the destruction of the nation and I believe that with all my heart. ↗

— Tom Tancredo

#any #believe #bush #criticism #destruction

Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#backed #criticism #day #directors #entertainment

I mean, the part you don't like, I mean, that's the only part. That's the part no one likes, and that is the criticisms, and the unfair criticisms, I might add, of my husband. But that's also just a fact of life in politics. ↗

— Laura Bush

#also #criticisms #fact #husband #i

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#misconception #must #others #ourselves #read

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#become #child #criticism #important #important tools

So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#cheers #criticism #democracy #permits #two

Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#because #civil #civil servants #colonial #criticism