“The repeat run of Fawlty Towers (BBC2) drew bigger audiences than ever and deservedly so. Statistical surveys reveal that only the television critic of the Spectator is incapable of seeing the joke, which is that Basil Fawlty has the wrong temperament to be a hotel proprietor, just as some other people have the wrong temperament to be television critics.”
'Bovis and Basil'
Essays and reviews, Glued to the Box (1983)
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Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“It's wrong to criticize leaders of the church, even if the criticism is true.”
Part Two Transcript http://www.pbs.org/mormons/etc/script2.html, The Mormons, Dallin H. Oaks, 2007
"A Talk to Western Buddhists" p. 87.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990)
Context: To study Buddhism and then use it as a weapon in order to criticize others' theories or ideologies is wrong. The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life with the knowledge of the Buddhist teachings.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 36.
