Jean Rostand Quotes

The easiest way to not believe your own hype is to not know what people are saying about you.

I believe in criticism.

I know all the critics.

I like critics with strong opinions.

You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.

Don't pay attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.

I don't pay attention to critics.

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

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

We can be critical of the things that we love. That is possible.

I'm not one of those people who says, 'I never read reviews,' because I don't believe those people.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

Seeing reality for what it is is what we call discernment. The work of discernment is very hard.

I have to be able to be honest and be credible, and I think I can say, 'This guy did not have his best game today' rather than, 'He is awful and I cannot believe he did that.'

Critics reach that age when it is as valuable and daring to hold a negative opinion as it is for a positive. We learn and understand from both.

Now everyone is a critic.

I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.

I just feel I'm on a different page from the reviewers, so I've learned not to care about them too much.

Men need knowledge in order to overpower their passions and master their prejudices.

I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

We need an opposition to remind us if we are making mistakes. When you are not opposed you think everything you do is right.

The whole duty of man consists in being reasonable and just... I am reasonable because I know the difference between understanding and not understanding and I am just because I have no opinion about things I don’t understand.

To think critically is always to be hostile.

Being unbiased is a lot like being humble: as soon as you think you are, you aren’t. Neither are a finite state of being but a continuous struggle to not allow our perspectives poison our opinions.