There's a fine line between participation and mockery.
-- Scott Adams
American Cartoonist, ''Dilbert''
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
-- Joseph Addison
1672-1719, British Essayist, Poet, Statesman
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Culture is only true when implicitly critical, and the mind which forgets this revenges itself in the critics it breeds. Criticism is an indispensable element of culture.
-- Theodor W. Adorno
1903-1969, German Philosopher, Sociologist, Music Critic
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Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else.
-- Leo Aikman
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The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back it up with a Ph.D.
-- Nelson Algren
1909-1981, American Author
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Criticism should be a casual conversation.
-- W. H. Auden
1907-1973, Anglo-American Poet
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The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.
-- W. H. Auden
1907-1973, Anglo-American Poet
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I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.
-- Charles Barkley
American Basketball Player
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