Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance.
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
Criticism is, or ought to be, a judicious act.
No politician can expect to escape criticism for a controversial decision and we have to be robust in justifying what we do.
If I have one criticism of the other late-night shows, it's that they're almost entirely scripted.
Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
The question of manuscript changes is very important for literary criticism, the psychology of creation and other aspects of the study of literature.
After the last line of a poem, nothing follows except literary criticism.
The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive.
Indeed, 'The Second Plane' is such a weak, risible, and often objectionable volume that the reader finishes it convinced that Mr. Amis should stick to writing fiction and literary criticism, as he's thoroughly discredited himself with these essays as any sort of political or social commentator.
There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.
Yes, the United States deserves criticism for meddling in other elections, but that doesn't mean that we should give foreign nationals the opportunity to meddle in ours.
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.
There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
I stand by it. I take the criticism for it. I think it's unfair, but yes, there is a thing about nepotism, and we all try to respect it.
Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters.
The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japan's brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.
One's political views and/or religious beliefs should not exist in an impenetrable and inviolable bubble wherein they are protected from criticism or scrutiny.
