Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
Harrison's Postulate: For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. | |
One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, _The Biography of a Dead Cow_, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." -- Ambrose Bierce | |
Harrison's Postulate: For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. | |
Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship. -- Zeuxis | |
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. -- Harrison | |
No one so thoroughly appreciates the value of constructive criticism as the one who's giving it. -- Hal Chadwick | |
Nobody wants constructive criticism. It's all we can do to put up with constructive praise. | |
Suicide is the sincerest form of self-criticism. -- Donald Kaul | |
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. -- Elbert Hubbard |