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Quotations by Subject: Criticism (21 quotes)

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Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.: William Phillips
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.: Frank A. Clark
There's a certain kind of conversation you have from time to time at parties in New York about a new book. The word "banal" sometimes rears its by-now banal head; you say "underedited," I say "derivative." The conversation goes around and around various literary criticisms, and by the time it moves on one thing is clear: No one read the book; we just read the reviews.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - )
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I don't think you're a very good friend if you're always being supportive. You also have to add criticism.: Jason Kottke (1973 - ), Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, right or wrong - is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
I can imagine no greater disservice to the county than to establish a system of censorship that would deny to the people of a free republic like our own their indisputable right to criticize their own public officials. While exercising the great powers of office I hold, I would regret in a crisis like the one through which we are now passing to lose the benefit of patriotic and intelligent criticism.: Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), Letter to Arthur Brisbane, April 25, 1917
Self-criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the public soul: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965)
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Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism and doubt.: Henri-Frédéric Amiel

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To err is human, to forgive divine.: Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), An Essay on Criticism

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