Self-deception ultimately explains Japan’s plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest – and not merely a response to U.S. criticism. – Paul Samuelson
The American Jewish left gets a lot of press time. But the American Jewish right does not. And in many ways, the American Jewish right is every bit as well-organized and perhaps better funded than the American Jewish left. And they also come out with criticism. – Michael Oren
I take it for what it is, and sometimes the criticism is actually useful and constructive and actually informs what I do, but most of the time, it’s sort of mindless, or they’re receiving something on a different frequency than I was sending it. – Michael Ian Black
Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought. – Margaret Chase Smith
There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune from criticism. – Noam Chomsky
Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism. – Josef Skvorecky
Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province. – Lord Mountbatten
Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten. – Milan Kundera
People sometimes get a little extra criticism when they try something that they don’t normally do, but I think that’s just a natural thing for artists. It’s like, ‘Okay, I did that, and now I want to try this.’ – Kristen Wiig
We are not a court – not a judge or jury at work – but we’ve tried to apply the highest possible standards of rigorous analysis to the evidence where we make a criticism. – John Chilcot
Criticism is easier to take when you realize that the only people who aren’t criticized are those who don’t take risks. – Donald Trump
Hollywood is a very volatile place where artists come in, and they essentially say they want to belong. It’s incredibly vulnerable to be an actor and also get criticism at a young age when you’re formulating who you are. We’ve seen a lot of people fall victim to that, and it’s very unfortunate. – Leonardo DiCaprio
Even criticism is more interesting when the writer’s authority does not only come through this omniscient narrator, but through questions, ambivalence, vulnerability. A mind questioning and on the move, not just settling down and declaring – that’s one of the most interesting possibilities. – Margo Jefferson
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
When something’s wrong, even though you’re the one doing it, you shouldn’t feel defensive about it. It’s hard because you have to protect yourself as a person in your life, but you can’t protect yourself as an actor. You have to just take criticism. – Jess Weixler
I take much of the attacks and the criticism toward me as being very class-based, but as Americans we don’t like to acknowledge that reality. – Michael Moore
I’ve had trouble with criticism, I guess. It’s hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them. – Kenneth Koch
RoboCop the first movie was fantastic. But even if there was no movie, the concept of RoboCop is brilliant, first because it lends itself to a lot of social criticism, but also because it poses a question, ‘When do you lose your humanity?’ – Jose Padilha
No one understands my accent. I’m constantly going to auditions and being told they don’t like how I talk. You have to live with criticism, and I don’t take it personally. – Lauren Socha
I would guess that any criticism about Wal-Mart could have some element of truth with 1,500,000 people. – Lee Scott
Conservative New Testament studies could also provide an intellectually satisfying alternative to German biblical criticism and to the liberal theology that accompanied it. – John Gresham Machen
For all the criticism of me, there’s one thing you won’t hear anybody say, and that’s that I’ve pulled the wool over anyone’s eyes. – Ken Cuccinelli
The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent. – Malcolm Gladwell
In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned – or the very brilliant – dared enter the arena of literary criticism. To criticise a person’s work required equal measures of erudition and wit, and inferior critics were often the butt of satire and ridicule. – Joanne Harris
Some people in this nation believe that race is a significant factor in the constant attacks against President Obama. Others believe that these attacks reflect only the normal level of criticism aimed at the occupant of the White House. – James A. Forbes
I don’t think the United States has done anything whatsoever to merit any criticism by the British. – John Mahoney
I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses. – Johannes Kepler