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Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn’t swim.

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises… the best excellence in the children of any other land.

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.

The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice.