You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing.

Quote by Steve Ross

Topics: Criticism Quotes, Fear Quotes

The city's contradictions and frailties drive me to the church. The church, in turn, binds...

The city's contradictions and frailties drive me to the church. The church, in turn, binds...

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to...

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to...

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like...

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

No one so thoroughly appreciates the value of constructive criticism as the one who's giving...

No one so thoroughly appreciates the value of constructive criticism as the one who's giving...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

No one likes to be criticized.

No one likes to be criticized.

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely...

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely...

I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not...

I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values.

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values.

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Before you go and criticize the younger generation, just remember who raised them.

Before you go and criticize the younger generation, just remember who raised them.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for youll be criticized anyway....

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for youll be criticized anyway....

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from...

Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from...

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...