Quotes of: Film-criticism Keyword

It's not the journalists; it's the critics that I can't understand. I've never understood what kind of a person would want to criticize someone else's work.

Buzz Osborne

It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.

Tariq Ramadan

I will tell you what I can't abide - and I think the Internet has really created a space for it - women criticizing other women and mothers criticizing other mothers.

Jennifer Garner

Neither the student nor I would mind in the least fair criticism and correction, but no one will permit himself to suffer criticism and correction from another whose knowledge and understanding of the subject is less than the one criticized and corre...

Comments on the Re-Examination of Al-Raniri's Hujjatu'l-Siddiq: A Refutation

The critic will certainly be an interpreter, but he will not treat Art as a riddling Sphinx, whose shallow secret may be guessed and revealed by one whose feet are wounded and who knows not his name. Rather, he will look upon Art as a goddess whose m...

The Critic as Artist

Whenever convictions are not arrived at by direct contact with the world and the objects themselves, but indirectly through a critique of the opinions of others, the processes of thinking are impregnated with ressentiment. The establishment of “cri...

Ressentiment

Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that unjust criticism has no impact whatsoever upon the truth. And the only sure way to avoid criticism i...

The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success

[L]ife is a phenomenon in need of criticism, for we are, as fallen creatures, in permanent danger of worshipping false gods, of failing to understand ourselves and misinterpreting the behaviour of others, of growing unproductively anxious or desirous...

Status Anxiety

Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins.

American

The rattan basket criticizes the palm-leafed bag, yet both are full of holes.

Filipino

To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning.

Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left

Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.

Paul Emsley

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays

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

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

Tibor Fischer

When dealing with critics always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside of their content of understanding.

Shannon L. Alder

PALATABLE CRITICISM: In a performance review, don't offer more than three criticisms. That's all an employee can digest.

Nancy Humphries

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.

Sandra Day O'Connor

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.

Joel Osteen

Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.

Elia Kazan

Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how a building will perform over time.

Helmut Jahn