Even the European critics... They said Hostel is the smartest film they'd seen on capitalism and how it's gone too far. — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them. — John Simm Copy Share Image
“One problem with the work of the New Critics was that their close readings, no matter how brilliant, could not deliver all… — Jewel Spears Brooker Copy Share Image
I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
“Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking what a fire hydrant feels about dogs.” — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people. — John Legend Copy Share Image
See Spot run!' is a perfect sentence in some ways. But I doubt the critics would say it was. — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I know many of the critics and I don't think of them as God-like figures. What can they do to hurt me?… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Lately even the harshest critics of President Bush have been forced to admit maybe he's right about freedom's march around the globe.… — Brian Williams Copy Share Image
As an artist you're looking for universal triggers. You want it both ways. You want it to have an immediate impact, and… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
I'm not looking for a legacy, and you'll never shut up the critics. I've been around 50 years. When you're a catalyst… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I do care about the consequences of being negative toward people who are powerful. But I'm more afraid of not being taken… — Dan Chiasson Copy Share Image
The best way of dealing with the press, customers, and critics is to come clean when things go wrong and admit when… — Vivek Wadhwa Copy Share Image
“I think that there have been displays of an impoverished reading of the book. I get the distinct feeling at times that… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
“Never let critics pour misery into your cup. Never let doubters place hesitation in your steps. Never let cheaters plant suspicion in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Getting the economy back on its feet is properly viewed as an investment in future prosperity. When businesses and consumers confront attractive… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
We all have known good critics, who have stamped out poet's hopes; Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state; Good patriots,… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
“We must not make exaggerated demand on critics, and particularly we must not expect that criticism can function as an exact science.… — François Truffaut Copy Share Image
Tolerance is the last virtue of a depraved society. When an immoral society has blatantly and proudly violated all the commandments, it… — Hutton Gibson Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about that is one of the greatest critics of socialism and leftwing writings was Robert Michels who wrote a… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
I think that, right now, I am travelling in many different directions in my mind, on where I wanted to be. So… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
I don't know what will become of this piece. Our brave critics will no doubt charge me with imitating Ravel's Bolero. Too… — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it's true. On the other hand, it's only the people with statues… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way… — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
You can be a patriotic American and be a critic, but then you're not expressing that kind of love that we're used… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Avoid the ecstatic adjectives that occupy such disproportionate space in every critic's quiver - words like "enthralling" and "luminous." — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. — Bill Parcells Copy Share Image
Great critics do not explicate a text; they describe it and then report on what they have described, if the description itself… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
It is essential for the good of criticism that both the critic and the public face the fact that a review is… — Judith Crist Copy Share Image
If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
Some people need to stay at the top. They are afraid to re-start from zero because they fear the critics. — Eric Cantona Copy Share Image
The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
If the models are as flawed as critics say you have to ask yourself, 'How come they work?' — Gavin Schmidt Copy Share Image
I read the art reviews of my work. Some critics understand my art correctly, while some don't. I simply ignore the reviews… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
The words of the social critic Eric Hoffer were ringing true: "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
