Critics Quotes

Critics Quote of the day

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.

Critics are like eunuchs: they know how, but they can't do it.

I'm probably my biggest critic. There's nothing anyone can ask of me that I haven't already asked of myself.

If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

Remind your critics when they say you don't have the expertise or experience to do something that an amateur built the ark and the experts built the Titanic

No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism.

Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war.

Young people need models, not critics.

Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.

The critic is a prisoner to his own experiences and perspectives, erroneously believing his limited experiences are the sum of all truth

If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.

If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.

Don't respond to negativity with more negativity. Just put your head down and prove your critics wrong.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

If you want to please the critics, don't play too loud, too soft, too fast, too slow.

Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.

A theme that appears repeatedly in the writings of the social critics of the second half of the 20th century is the sense of purposelessness that afflicts many people in modern society.

Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in the universe: Write to please yourself.

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism.

You have to have courage to stand up to your critics.

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again.

Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.

I've always had to prove myself to people growing up. I had to show them that I could do this and I could do that and paying no mind to what the critics said.

Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot more slack if you spend less money, which makes no sense.

Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled wrong.

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical nonsense.

When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble.

The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.

Critics play a dangerous game when they denounce the science and law EPA has used to defend clean air for more than 40 years. The American people know better.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts.

I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a critic.

I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.

The inability of some critics to connect the dots doesn't make pointillism pointless

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

I am called an Islamic fundamentalist by Rushdie. My critics in Pakistan say I am a Zionist agent. I must be doing something right.

I don't care what the critics say. My fabulous mom will give me a good review if nobody else does.

Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government, they assume that its might makes it right.

The Bible is our fire-guard. Some read God's Word critically but the Word is their critic and by their own attitude towards the Word they condemn themselves.