Sometimes when you’re praised about something, sometimes it’s deserved, and sometimes it’s not deserved. Same thing with criticism. Sometimes the criticism is deserved, and sometimes it’s not deserved. – LaDainian Tomlinson
My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn’t even the filmmakers, it was a professor, some film criticism guy who just happen to be this amazing commentator who went off into the whole theory of comedy. – Jay Roach
There are many who criticise the United Nations. And those of us who know this institution well know that it is not immune from criticism. But those who argue against the United Nations advance no credible argument as to what should replace it. Whatever its imperfections, the United Nations represents a necessary democracy of states. – Kevin Rudd
As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews. – Joanne Harris
I wanted to be an actress. I wanted to be known. Yes, it’s difficult sometimes. I believe that if you’re going to be in a profession like this, which is so open to criticism, to speculation, you need to have people around you who will believe in you and stand by you. – Katrina Kaif
We live on the circumference of a hollow circle. We draw the circumference, like spiders, out of ourselves: it is all criticism of criticism. – Laura Riding
Fame infantilises and grants relative impunity. Those that seek it, out of an exaggerated need for admiration or attention, are often the least well equipped to deal with criticism. – Jemima Khan
In one’s relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism. – Jill Abramson
You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony. – Renzo Piano
A university’s essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism – a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else. – Richard Hofstadter
There has been a rising tide of criticism about China’s treatment of foreign companies. – Rebecca MacKinnon
I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it’s not possible to write criticism if you’re making films. – Paul Schrader
Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it. – P. Chidambaram
Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable. – Rachel Cusk
One of my favorite little sayings is, ‘To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.’ – Robert M. Gates
I’m used to having a lot of criticism. It’s normal. It’s normal when you come from South America, when you have a country pushing very hard in your back. – Pastor Maldonado
There is an odd assumption that compassion and care are finite or that critics can be everything to everyone – commenting on everything simply because they can. That’s not what cultural criticism is. – Roxane Gay
The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alternative point of view to the orthodoxy, can be interpreted as insult. – Rowan Atkinson
Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore not permitted. – Rush Limbaugh
The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics. – Ron Fournier