~ Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest ~
~ Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. ~
~ It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. ~
~ Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. ~
~ If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it ~
~ Before you go and criticize the younger generation, just remember who raised them. ~
~ We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship, for to undertake to wound or offe ~
~ Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting ~
~ Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes. ~
~ Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own. ~
~ A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste. ~
~ The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising. ~