Quotes and Thoughts
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Quotations by Subject: Criticism
Quotes
Quotes: "A Likely Story ... And That's Precisely the Problem"
It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)
Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.
Dick Cheney (1941 - )
"Maturity is the ability to control our impulses, to think beyond the moment, and consider how our words and our actions will affect ourselves and others before we act." Dear Abby written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips.
"Everybody knows some things and some people know many things, but everybody doesn't know everything, and nobody knows what each person doesn't know."
"Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." Winston Churchill
"Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
"Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble." -- Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832
"I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have - When he gives everything that is in him to do the job he has before him. That is all you can ask of him and that is what I have tried to do." Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
"Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong." Dandemis
"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much." Donald H. Rumsfeld (1932 - ), US Secretary of Defense
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving." Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
"Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment." -- Ira Gassen
"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous." - Henry Adams
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
"Never give advice unless asked." - German Proverb
"The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress." - Joseph Joubert
"Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not." - Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." - Winston Churchill
"Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some" - Charles Dickens
"People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved." - Anne Sullivan Macy
"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." - Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
"Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again." - Andre Gide
"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." - Auguste Rodin
"It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office." - H.L. Mencken
"Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward." - Dr. Laura Schlessinger
"Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens." Nick Diamos
"Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity." - Nick Diamos
"Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to persevere in the face of many difficult odds. There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it." - Dr. Joyce Brothers (b. 1929)
"Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales." - Byron J. Langenfeld
"We never repent of having eaten too little." - Thomas Jefferson - (1743-1826)
Flaming - Excerpts from Wikipedia
Flaming is the performance of posting messages that are deliberately hostile and insulting in the social context of a discussion board (usually on the Internet). Such messages are called flames, and are often posted in response to flamebait.
Although face to face flaming is as old as time itself, flaming on the Internet started in the Usenet hierarchies. A flame may have elements of a normal message, but is distinguished by its intent. A flame is never intended to be constructive, to further clarify a discussion, or to persuade other people. The motive for flaming is never dialectic, but rather social or psychological. Flamers are attempting to assert their authority, or establish a position of superiority. Occasionally, flamers merely wish to upset and offend other members of the forum, in which case they are trolls.
Occasionally, flamers merely wish to upset and offend other members of the forum, in which case they are trolls.
[NOTE: I do not respond to vicious, flame, or rant messages. But, I try to read all of the legitimate messages that I receive, and acknowledge receipt of those messages.]