Mark Twain Quotes about Criticism

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If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it.

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it.

Mark Twain

Criticism, Criticize, Ifs

The public is the only critic whose judgment is worth anything at all.

Mark Twain

Writing, Editors, Criticism

"Life as I Find it".

One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself

Mark Twain

People, Criticism, Criticize

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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

Mark Twain

Criticism, Pay, Compliment

Mark Twain (1972). “Everyone's Mark Twain”

I like criticism, but it must be my way.

Mark Twain

Criticism, Way, My Way

Mark Twain (2012). “My Autobiography: "Chapters" from the North American Review”, p.2, Courier Corporation

It is the will of God that we must have critics, and missionaries, and Congressmen, and humorists, and we must bear the burden. Meantime, I seem to have been drifting into criticism myself. But that is nothing. At the worst, criticism is nothing more than a crime, and I am not unused to that.

Mark Twain

Criticism, Bears, Crime

Mark Twain, Harriet Elinor Smith (2012). “Autobiography of Mark Twain: Reader's Edition”, p.201, Univ of California Press