Top Criticism Quotes
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
W. Somerset Maugham
I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.
Johann Kepler
For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
Dan Rather
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.
Winston Churchill
Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.
Felix Adler
Edgar Allan Poe 
Leslie Fiedler 
Roger Ebert 
E. M. Forster 
Lenny Kravitz 
Shimon Peres 
Dusty Springfield 
Mike Rounds 
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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 
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In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world - in America first but also in Europe - has become something that caters for the movie industry instead of being a counterbalance.
Wim Wenders
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
Karl Popper
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You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
John Wooden
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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
Wole Soyinka
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I think the big thing I've had going for me in that regard has been the success of the league. I don't have quite as much control over things as people believe, so I frequently receive more credit than I deserve, and occasionally more criticism as well.
Pete Rozelle
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There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.
Stephen Spender
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Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
Edgar Watson Howe
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