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Make criticism in good time; don't get into the habit of criticizing only after the event. — Mao Tse-tung

Good criticism is very rare and always precious. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

constructive criticism is "good notes." A good note says what is wrong, what is missing, what isn't clear, what makes no sense. — Ed Catmull

Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man. — Oliver Goldsmith

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon. — Charles Buxton

A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship. — Francis Crick

No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism. — Thomas Jefferson

You don't have to lay an egg to know if it tastes good. — Fran Lebowitz

Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer. — J.G. Holland

Frankly, it's good enough to lock up in a drawer. — Moliere

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Be kind and considerate with your criticism ... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book. — Malcolm Cowley

Bad criticism has followed things like comic books or TV, and they put down a medium. A medium cannot be inherently good or bad. — Corey Stoll

What do you think of the criticism that you're not very good? — George Harrison

Dodi got a lot of criticism when he began dating Princess Diana. No one seemed to think he was good enough for her. — Lorna Luft

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul. — Adlai Stevenson I

Nothing ruins a good thing quite like knowing you share your opinions with mindless little tits. — Yahtzee Croshaw

A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces. — Anatole France

I'm no stranger to criticism. You're never going to be good enough, or just the right thing in everybody's eyes. — Christina Aguilera

Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on. — Paula Abdul

A good rule, for this job and many others: give praise publicly and criticism privately. The — Jonathan Kern

When I was on my way to the podium a gentleman stopped me and said I was as good a politician as I was an actor. What a cheap shot. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

As long as people believe in the written word and a good story.. They will believe in me. — Solange Nicole

Never criticize, complain or condemn. Never forget to appreciate with love what is good in a person. — Debasish Mridha

Old art offers just as good a criticism of new art as new art offers of old. — Jasper Johns

We must never forget that both good and evil flow from the Bible. It is therefore not above criticism. — Steve Allen

With the best of intentions you toss me a lifeline.
Failing to see how a piece of rope will do me any good, I ignore it and drown. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested. — Andrea Bocelli

He was very good, it turned out, at outlining the flaws in the government as long as someone else was in charge of the government. — David Halberstam

Reproof is a medicine, like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered, it will do harm instead of good. — Horace Mann

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God. — Joel Osteen

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. — Winston S. Churchill

In truth it may be laid down as an almost universal rule that good poets are bad critics. — Thomas B. Macaulay

All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science. — Leslie Fiedler

You have to remain cool under fire and let criticism roll off you. Good leaders handle conflict easily and bad ones are eaten up by it. — Donald Trump

Your doubt can become a good quality if you train it. It must become knowing, it must become criticism. — Rainer Maria Rilke

I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good. — Van Morrison

I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good. — Branch Rickey

Theater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around. — Tony Kushner

I knew I was treading on thin ice. Criticism of anyone's art, no matter how good the intentions, could be risky business. — Emma Scott

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good — Ezra Pound

The real genres: good and bad. — Franz Grillparzer

Of course, I'd welcome protest. Good criticism is hard to find. — Aleksandra Mir

Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects. — Sima Qian

I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one. — Victor Hugo

Self-criticism, like self-administered brain surgery, is perhaps not a good idea. Can the 'self' see the 'self' with any objectivity? — Joyce Carol Oates

Criticism is good, you learn from it each time and you know that people are paying attention. — Nonito Donaire

If you love my work, you are a good critic. If you do not love my work, you are a 'not good' critic. — Roman Payne

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

It is essential for the good of criticism that both the critic and the public face the fact that a review is not the voice of God. — Judith Crist

Just as no monkey is as good-looking as the ugliest of humans, no academic is worthier than the worst of the creators — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy. — Bjork

There is something essentially ridiculous about critics, anyway: what is good is good without our saying so, and beneath all our majesty we know this. — Randall Jarrell

I think criticism of good work should stop somewhere. — Sharad Pawar

Criticism is a surreal state, like a good drug gone bad. When it's bad you wish it would stop, and when it's good, you can't get enough. — Gale Harold

Critics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism. — Quentin Tarantino

A good critic is the sorcerer who makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet. — Francois Mauriac

In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book. — Terry Pratchett