I have observed in my 30 years in Washington that when a President initiates a major policy speech on a controversial issue while Congress is in recess, it usually is because what he is advocating is indefensible and that he is seeking to minimize criticism.
I'm totally open to outside opinions and criticism.
There is rampant among us a spirit of criticism. Men and women who carry heavy responsibility do not need criticism, they need encouragement.
Wise people prefer to benefit from constructive criticism rather than be ruined by false praise
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
There's a fine line between participation and mockery.
Like speaks to like only; labor to labor, philosophy to philosophy, criticism to criticism, poetry to poetry. Literature speaks how much still to the past, how little to the future, how much to the East, how little to the West.
All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary.
It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.
Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press
A good critic is the sorcerer who makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet.
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
You must not pay a person a compliment, and then straightway follow it with a criticism.
The most valuable gift one can receive is thoughtful criticism
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.
I am more afraid of deserving criticism than of receiving it.
I'm not nearly the saint some of my fans imagine and I'm nowhere near the devil my detractors wish, so you simply take both of those with a grain of salt.
A healthy person can accept criticism.
Is the Labour Party to remain a democratic party in which the right of free criticism and free debate is not merely tolerated but encouraged? Or are the rank and file of the party to be bludgeoned or cowed into an uncritical subservience towards the leadership?
Treat praise like criticism: refuse to accept either.