Many critics, when trying to praise a short-story collection, will say that it has the heft and scope of a good novel. But for me, one of the highest compliments you can pay a novel is to say that it has the rich texture and eloquent detail of a good story collection.

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

In my song 'First Class' from the film 'Kalank', I was okay with the shorter part in the duet because it was to praise the man.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn, from people who don't have to be polite to you.

'Basic Black with Pearls', upon its publication in 1980, was greeted with a mix of praise and misunderstanding. Critics sensed its daring and applauded its formal inventiveness, but those qualities also kept people at bay.

I was raised in a Christian household and heard a lot of praise music, so that's what helps me get to an emotional place.

I prefer to praise people and the world rather than criticize them and it.

There are plenty of mothers who should not be allowed to raise their children.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

Taking a vacation can actually increase the likelihood of getting a raise or a promotion.

It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

You don't raise taxes in times of such uncertainty.

I was raised by my grandma, had aunties and sisters in the house.

I like to think that I could praise the good book of someone I personally dislike. I try not to comment on the person, to be insulting, but I have no trouble being insulting to the work.

Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.

We found that process praise predicted the child's mindset and desire for challenge five years later.

Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.

I was raised to pretend.