Quotes about Criticizing

First of all, the world criticizes American foreign policy because Americans criticize American foreign policy. We shouldn't be surprised about that. Criticizing government is a God-given right - at least in democracies. Votes: 4

Criticizing Fox News has nothing to do with criticizing the press. Fox News is not a news organization. It is the de facto leader of the GOP, and it is long past time that it is treated as such by the media, elected officials and the public. Votes: 4

Criticizing is easy, art is difficult. Votes: 3

Criticizing reporters is like boo-ing at the Special Olympics. Votes: 3

Instead of Criticizing Someone's Success, Why Not Learn Something Valuable from It? Votes: 3

Criticizing lawyers for lawsuits is like criticizing linebackers for knocking people down. Votes: 3

Criticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve Votes: 3

Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business' Votes: 3

Criticizing himself again, Sidgwick writes: I am not an original man: and I think less of my own thoughts every day. Votes: 3

Four things will shame the students of knowledge: Criticizing people, praising themselves, not teaching the knowledge,and not practicing what they know. Votes: 3

Criticizing others is a dangerous thing, not so much because you may make mistakes about them, but because you may be revealing the truth about yourself.... Votes: 3

Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and international sanction out of all proportion to any other party in the Middle East is anti-Semitic, and not saying so is dishonest. Votes: 3

I'm always criticizing and only see the mistakes. Votes: 2

I am not criticizing investing in the stock market; I am an investor. Votes: 2

The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Votes: 2

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you. Votes: 2

Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others. Votes: 2

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God. Votes: 2

I wish America would stop judging and criticizing teens and instead, try to understand the battles they have to fight every day. Votes: 2

I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case. Votes: 2

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women. Votes: 2

The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking. Votes: 2

As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you. Votes: 2

While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive. Votes: 2

I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different. Votes: 2

Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives. Votes: 2

Bad Religion has never been about criticizing people who are Christian. But we've always been about pointing out the irony and contradictions in Christian theology and the more extreme versions of Christians that seek to challenge modern secularism. Votes: 2

It had run as a column - I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. Votes: 2

The hardest thing is spending twelve hours a day accommodating the rest of the world, then going home at night and criticizing it. I would be curious about what I'd write if I didn't have to worry about offending. Votes: 2

If you do this, you're going to have some heartaches from it. You're going to have people yelling at you or maybe screaming at you or criticizing you, but I think it's the best way to sell a superior chicken. Votes: 2

I have a lot of anxiety about the red carpet. As a woman, it's uncomfortable to be in a position in which people are judging you, looking at what you're wearing, and criticizing you - not necessarily in a negative way. Votes: 2

If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there. It's really hard to read a book without having all this outside information telling you what to think about it. Votes: 2

Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves. Votes: 2

I think as men begin to see things that address them, they will feel that they can relate. They can't relate to 'Basketball Wives,' 'Housewives of Atlanta.' I am not judging or criticizing those shows at all; what I am saying is the perspective is not necessarily the male perspective. 'Iyanla: Fix My Life' is inclusive of everyone. Votes: 2

Politicians are fond of criticizing others. Votes: 0

It's about time we start criticizing faith. Votes: 0

Instead of criticizing, find out how to help. Votes: 0

I had much more fun criticizing than praising. Votes: 0

Spend your time and energy creating, not criticizing. Votes: 0

Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting Votes: 0

Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Votes: 0

Happiness is lost by criticizing it; sorrow by accepting it. Votes: 0

In criticizing, the teacher is hoping to teach. That's all. Votes: 0

Feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember Votes: 0

As a musician, I have always refrained from criticizing another artist. Votes: 0

If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them. Votes: 0

Be worried when the haters stop hating and the critics stop criticizing. Votes: 0

By criticizing, we do not make lasting changes and often incur resentment. Votes: 0

Spend more time smiling than frowning and more time praising than criticizing. Votes: 0

I don't recall an American president basically coming out and criticizing the Israeli public. Votes: 0

I'm not criticizing the science in Star Wars. That's a waste of everybody's time. Votes: 0

I can buy and sell any of these people who are always criticizing me. Votes: 0

People who are criticizing... don't really get it, because if they did, they would like it. Votes: 0

When you are criticizing someone, you should speak only to your own experience - not others'. Votes: 0

Middle age is when you stop criticizing the older generation and start criticizing the younger one. Votes: 0

Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing. Votes: 0

Publicly criticizing people, even when I don't have the facts, is not that good of an idea. Votes: 0

Live the life you always wanted to live. Avoid criticizing others and concentrate on fulfilling your dreams. Votes: 0

I've often been accused of spending more time and energy criticizing my fellow Democrats than criticizing Republicans. Votes: 0

The work of a science blogger is largely comprised of correcting and criticizing bad science news reporting. Votes: 0

I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you? Votes: 0

As an actor, people are always criticizing you so it just made me fall in love with myself. Votes: 0

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. Votes: 0

A loving wife will do anything for her husband except stop criticizing him and trying to improve him. Votes: 0

Dalton Trumbo was constantly criticizing the membership [in the Communist Party], and was opposite to being a loyalist. Votes: 0

Today, decide not to speak negatively about yourself. When you criticize yourself, you are criticizing God's very own creation. Votes: 0

Constantly worrying about your reflection and criticizing your body, shape and size is an act of violence against yourself. Votes: 0

You are criticizing me for my fashion statement. My wife keeps on criticizing me for my blank bank statement Votes: 0

You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens. Votes: 0

It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections. Votes: 0

There is no point in criticizing readers for migrating online. You have to follow them and offer them something new. Votes: 0

If someone praises you with what you are not, they are in essence criticizing you of a deficiency in you. Votes: 0

When you get a critique, people think you're criticizing them but it's really an intellectual conversation. You can't get emotionally attached. Votes: 0

The backlash to [Sarah] Palin`s comments was swift, with veterans and veterans` groups criticizing the apparent politicization of post-traumatic stress disorder. Votes: 0

Most of those who spend their lives as critics secretly wish they'd be considered important enough for someone to bother criticizing them. Votes: 0

Saving Private Ryan was probably the illest, sickest movie I've ever watched, and I didn't see anybody criticizing that one for violence. Votes: 0

I can see criticizing, complaining, protesting - anything but choosing not to vote. Too many people died for us not to vote. Votes: 0

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had. Votes: 0

You can't spend your whole life criticizing something and then, when you have the chance to do it better, refuse to go near it. Votes: 0

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going. Votes: 0

The great teachers are always those who can live the tension. They are not criticizing everybody, they're not complaining. They give young people a vision. Votes: 0

Writing is the only art form where a good number of the artists make a slice of their living criticizing one another in print, in public. Votes: 0

I don't happen to subscribe to the notion that everybody who criticizes Tom Daschle is criticizing Tim Johnson. I think that's a bit of a stretch. Votes: 0

Men. One minute they have their tongues down your throat and the next they're forbidding you from meeting your own father and criticizing your fashion choices. Votes: 0

You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should. Votes: 0

People sometimes ask me, "You're still in a primary - why are you criticizing [Donald] Trump?" It's because I don't want what he's saying to stand unanswered. Votes: 0

What has been doing in the last week, attacking Hollywood actresses [Meryl Streep] for criticizing him, I mean what would is this guy [Donald Trump] living in? Votes: 0

I am my own biggest critic ... I'm constantly criticizing myself, constantly trying to find ways to better myself and ... compete and, you know, just be the best. Votes: 0

The European Union spends most of its time either suing me, torturing me, criticizing me or condemning me for lowering the cost of air travel all over Europe. Votes: 0

I want to avoid sounding like I'm criticizing because I don't have all the facts in front of me yet. And I am trying to be a unifier. Votes: 0

I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn't help consumers and simple competition was better. And I started praising business and occasionally criticizing regulation. Votes: 0

Don't be too severe in criticizing people's faults; consider how much they can bear. Don't be too lofty in enjoining virtue, so people may be able to follow. Votes: 0

From the very first, my countrymen have followed my literary career, now criticizing, now praising my work, but hardly ever letting a single word be buried in indifference. Votes: 0

Most people ultimately realize that they can acquire things, change their partner or other things, consume more and still it doesn't work. I'm not criticizing any of this. Votes: 0

A story - with a message about praising what have rather than criticizing what haven't: There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators!!! Votes: 0

Historians partial to Kennedy see matters differently from those partial to L.B.J. Vietnam has become a point of contention in defending and criticizing J.F.K. Votes: 0

There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case Votes: 0

There's a certain missing feeling, a void out there that I'm more than happy to fill. Without criticizing what's out there now, I'm just going to do El DeBarge. Votes: 0

I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me. Votes: 0

No, I don't think it's fair to label Islam 'violent.' But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever gone into hiding for criticizing the Amish. Votes: 0

Republicans are always criticizing President Obama for using the teleprompter. Is that a big deal? After eight years of George Bush, I'm glad we have a president that can read. Votes: 0

I'm not tough when it comes to people criticizing the people that I protect, and those are the actors. It makes them scared to do it again for another director. Votes: 0

I'd read things, like people criticizing me. But no one likes to read stuff about that, and probably the main thing that was getting to me was me mum's illness. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

You get into trouble if you criticize big business. The roof falls in if you criticize Congress. And we're getting increasingly cautious in criticizing the Administration. The pressures are getting worse. Votes: 0

I feel that the task of criticizing my poetry is best left to others (i.e. critics) and would much rather have it take place after I am dead. If at all. Votes: 0

The un-happiest of mortals is that man who insists upon reliving the past, over and over in imagination - continually criticizing himself for past mistakes - continually condemning himself for past sins. Votes: 0

One of the reasons we judge each other so harshly in this world of parenting is becausewe perceive anyone else who's doing anything differently than what we're doing as criticizing our choices. Votes: 0

One of the reasons we judge each other so harshly in this world of parenting is because... we perceive anyone else who's doing anything differently than what we're doing as criticizing our choices. Votes: 0

The Democrats are incapable of even being accused of violating political correctness, so they don't even worry about it. The Democrats have really grown accustomed, however, to Republicans not attacking, not criticizing them. Votes: 0

The Democrats are incapable of even being accused of violating political correctness, so they don't even worry about it. The Democrats have really grown accustomed, however, to Republicans not attacking, not criticizing them. Votes: 0

Our social relationships are limited, most of the time, to gossip and criticizing people's behavior. This observation slowly pushed me to isolate from the so-called social life. My days pass by in solitude. Votes: 0

Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension. Votes: 0

I learned from teaching. If you are perceived by the student to be belittling them or purely criticizing them without offering up words of encouragement and support, they shut down and discredit you. Votes: 0

Look at the home makeover shows. It isn't realistic to tear down a house, rebuild it, and decorate it in less then a week, but there aren't people out there criticizing those shows. Votes: 0

Critics hang around and wait for others to make mistakes. But the real doers of the world have not time for criticizing others. They are too busy doing, making mistakes, improving, making progress. Votes: 0

Christians must go beyond criticizing the degradation of American culture, roll up their sleeves, and get to work on positive solutions. The only way to drive out bad culture is with good culture. Votes: 0

Instead of criticizing Masonry, let us than God for one alter where no man is asked to surrender his liberty of thought and become an indistinguishable atom on a mass of sectarian agglomeration. Votes: 0

The minute I spend any energy defending myself, explaining myself, or in the worst case scenario, trying to please those who are criticizing me, I will, you know, just fall off a cliff. Votes: 0

Criticism does not make you smarter or better than the one you are criticizing. In fact, the stuff you are critical of in others is the same stuff you don't like about yourself. Votes: 0

Did you know you could kill a person with a hatpin?" she said."I did not," he said. "Do you speak from experience? Have you murdered anybody? Not that I'd dream of criticizing. Votes: 0

I can give you high blood pressure just on the phone by criticizing you. On the other hand, I can send a tweet to somebody in China and give them a dopamine hit. Votes: 0

I think that not criticizing my successor is a statement unto itself, in terms of trying to create an environment where people are able to have a meaningful discussion or debate without trash talk. Votes: 0

I plead with you to have the courage to refrain from judging and criticizing those around you, as well as the courage to make certain that everyone is included and feels loved and valued. Votes: 0

When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad taste in criticizing the man of the hour in Germany. Votes: 0

Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying attention to you. Votes: 0

We realize that by criticizing Jewish fundamentalism we are criticizing a part of the past that we love. We wish that members of every human grouping would criticize their own past, even before criticizing others. Votes: 0

A lot of people are now criticizing Attorney General John Ashcroft for his policy on detaining what he considers suspicious people. I think he's going a little overboard. Today, he arrested the entire band Foreigner. Votes: 0

The shift in American society from admiring Christians to fearing and criticizing them provides an opportunity for self-reflection. How have we been presenting the message we believe in? Might there be a more grace-filled way? Votes: 0