Criticism Quotes

In all institutions from which the cold wind of open criticism is excluded, an innocent corruption begins to grow like a mushroom - for example, in senates and learned societies.

Friedrich Nietzsche
Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

Kingsley Amis
- Action
- Guide
- Employment

I read stories aloud at every stage. I listen to my writer friends when they kindly offer criticism. I listen to my husband when he tells me something doesn't seem right. I have my mother's boyfriend, Loring Janes, read to make sure I get everything right with the machines and guns.

Bonnie Jo Campbell
- Friends
- Mother
- Husband
I'll let criticism spoil breakfast, but I don't let it affect my lunch.

David LaChapelle
You know, I always think of myself as sort of ready for every criticism.

Lena Dunham
- Criticism
What’s true is that everyone is uncomfortable with expressing anger and being critical. Anger and criticism generates rejection. And everyone hates rejection.

Warren Farrell
- True
- Criticism
- Rejection
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

Wole Soyinka
- Criticism
- Absence
- Threat
I listen to a lot of criticism. From the Left and the Right and from everywhere. I mean, everybody's a media critic. And sometimes I think it's on point, and other times, I think about it and consider it and then might ultimately disagree with it. But I do listen to it; I really do.

Jake Tapper
- Criticism