“Dad has always been - and still is - a great influence on me. He has always stood up for spirit, staying true to his beliefs... and I like to do the same with regard to my own true beliefs, regardless of potential criticism or mockery.” StillsSpiritBeliefMy OwnInfluenceDadCriticismRegardStayingMockeryStay TrueStood UpGreat Influence Author:Linus Roache
“Criticism occupies the lowest place in the literary hierarchy: as regards form, almost always; and as regards moral value, incontestably. It comes after rhyming games and acrostics, which at least require a certain inventiveness.” FormCertainValuesGamesMoralCriticismRegardLowestHierarchyMoral ValuesRhymingInventiveness Book:The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857 Source: The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857
“The exercise of criticism always destroys for a time our sensibility to beauty by leading us to regard the work in relation to certain laws of construction. The eye turns from the charms of nature to fix itself upon the servile dexterity of art.” ArtEyeLawCertainTurnsExerciseCriticismRelationRegardCharmConstructionSensibilityDexterity Author:Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet
“It's to a writer's advantage to contain within himself elements of each sex, or any sex. It's to his advantage because it makes him able to write from the female point of view as well as the male. In some cases, of course, you will find some homosexual writers who can only write from a f - - -'s point of view. But I don't regard myself as a f - - -! Some people may. Also audiences wanted escapism. They don't like too much protest or criticism of their way of life.” PeopleWayWritingWellsMayAbleWantedCoursesSexViewsCasesAudienceToo MuchElementsAdvantageFemaleCriticismRegardMalesPoint Of ViewProtestHomosexualEscapism Author:Tennessee Williams
“We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future.” WayHardCausesTermCan DoSimpleDecisionEffortHard WorkCriticismRegardRoundsExtrasShort TermBetter FutureSimple WaysHardwork And DeterminationEffort And Hard WorkExtra EffortExtra Work Author:Mike Rounds
“Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.” PeopleCriticismRegardAtheistConventionsConventionalFuryDepartureChange Is Good Book:The Conquest of Happiness Source: The Conquest of Happiness
“It is now 14 years since I first suggested that organic farming might have some benefits and ought to be taken seriously. I shall never forget the vehemence of the reaction.. much of it coming from the sort of people who regard agriculture as an industrial process, with production as the sole yardstick of success.” PeopleYearsFirstsMightProcessForgetTakenOughtBenefitsCriticismRegardProductionsReactionsNever ForgetSoleAgricultureFarmingYardsticksVehemenceOrganic FarmingOrganic Agriculture Author:Prince Charles
“National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services” WellsGovernmentLeaderHonestMediaMembersCriticismRegardCleanAlliesWitheringWilting Author:Corazon Aquino
“In the past 30 years, officials of the Iranian regime and its apologists have labeled criticism, especially with regard to women's rights, as anti-Islamic and pro-Western, justifying its brutalities by ascribing them to Islam and Iran's culture.” YearsPastCultureRightsCriticismRegardIslamWesternOfficialsIslamicIranRegimesWomens RightsBrutalityIranian Author:Azar Nafisi