Alan Kay Quotes

By criticizing, we do not make lasting changes and often incur resentment.

it's good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people

You must not pay a person a compliment, and then straightway follow it with a criticism.

If something is nice about you, usually one or two people will tell you. If something is foul about you, everyone will tell you.

I don't like to say mean things about people's hard work.

I kind of like social media, and I like hearing from people. I don't like the ugly stuff, but there are some people - smart people - who have a very different perspective, and I'll get a backlash from them. And this isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

Publicly criticizing people, even when I don't have the facts, is not that good of an idea.

I'm not one of those people that has to look myself up every five seconds to see what people are saying. That's been really helpful. I mean, you get thousands of compliments, and then one person will say something negative - and that's all you'll remember, that one person.

You're happy that people are seeing your work. As for the critics, it really hurts when they knock you.

You have to separate the negative into two categories - half of it is sensible, constructive things that has made us better. But half of the negative online is negative for the sake of being negative, and it's important for us to remember it's okay they don't like us, and sometimes there's no point in engaging in that.

Honestly, I don't really care what people say on Twitter or what they say if they are cheering for me or not cheering for me.

Really. Is there anything nice to be said about other people's vacations?

I'm not a natural criticizer - I prefer to like and praise and so on.

Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it is a writer's habit to remember nothing good of himself. I have usually forgotten those who have admired my work, and seldom anyone who disliked it. Obviously, this is because praise is never enough and censure always too much.

It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical,--but, in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults are unqualified for the work of reformation.

I dont like compliments. I prefer criticism..then I can prove those people wrong.

Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.

Wise people prefer to benefit from constructive criticism rather than be ruined by false praise

People like to clap back at the people who speak out most.

I am succeeding because people are talking about how they would do it better.

The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn't mean that people hate me.

Most of the criticism I get is that I am too positive and too hopeful... in my words, I don't beat people down enough.

I don't buy the hype when everybody is saying how wonderful things are and how great I am, and I don't get too down when people say, "This is a disaster and he's done for."

I think what people really hate is to be caught by surprise by criticism.