Alvin Toffler Quotes

I was a pedantic child. I'd get really annoyed at the logic of small things that don't bother anyone else.

I nitpick details.

People call me fussy, but that's a fallacy.

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

I can't stand being around anal people, especially anal people with big egos.

I can be unbearable sometimes asking for so many takes.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.

I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.

Faultless to a fault.

People are forever finding something wrong with you.

More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic.

Actors are programmed to see the worst. If you're talking about an actor's TV series, you say, 'I loved you last night.' And they go, 'What about the week before?' They immediately worry.

Well, once we finish something, I can't really listen to it because all I hear are problems.

People are gonna comment no matter what. If I dated the most clean-cut, perfect guy, they're gonna comment. That's just the way it is.

I'm a perfectionist, which is bad at times but very good at other times.

Whenever people say nice things to me, I think they're just saying them because I'm standing right in front of them. Even when I read articles that say good things about me, I forget about them right away. When I read about people pointing out my flaws, however, I think about them a lot.

I'll be really tough on myself. Someone will be like, 'Oh that's really cool' and I'll be like, 'Yeah, but there's this one flaw.'

If I go play 'Modern Warfare,' I'll find a hundred different things I'd like done differently. And I don't have the discipline to not express my opinion.

Engineers aren't professional grammarticians, but they love correcting people. Even more, they love making you feel stupid.

You're always 'too' something.

I doubt myself a lot. And I'm very, very just overly critical.

No matter how well you perform, there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.

He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant.

The resentment that criticism engenders can demoralize employees, family members and friends, and still not correct the situation that has been condemned.