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Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.

Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear.

But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane season that is 100 days away. And we don't have a lot of time to waste before we start to address that next set of challenges.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.

Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

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.

I'm still trying to discover my position on my own artwork and hopefully at this exhibition someone will come and tell me. I'm open to listening to criticism.

The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.

I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.

No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government.

I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly.

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.