The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.
Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it.
People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized.
Narrative drives most of economics. Everything seems to be part of a story, and how that story is told often leads to critical error.
Working with Kanye is one of the greatest things ever. It's also one of the most nerve-wracking things ever. He's, like, the most critical, particular, artistic person ever.
I will try to account for the degree of my aesthetic emotion. That, I conceive, is the function of the critic.
For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until the election.
'See Spot run!' is a perfect sentence in some ways. But I doubt the critics would say it was.
A lie is the most sacred private property on Earth. Governments claim it is not theirs, and that their critics are the rightful owners.
Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism.
Momofuku is not me. It's everyone. I'm just the facade. We have to exceed expectations and be our harshest critics.
The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature.
We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands.
It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.
When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.
I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.
If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.
Nevertheless during these two seasons, Chapman impressed me a lot because he had the faculty to pull himself out of the most critical situations.
When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.
Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.
