Critic Quotes

477 quotes by 384 authors

This Church is true. It will weather every storm that beats against it. It will outlast every critic who rises to mock it. It was… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The search for a "suitable" church makes the man a critic where God wants him to be a pupil. What he wants from the layman… — C.S. Lewis
My only passions were books and music. As you might guess, I led a lonely lifeâ€¦ Not that I knew what I wanted in life… — Haruki Murakami
I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a critic. — Leonard Bernstein
The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and one critic said,… — Kurt Vonnegut
The artist usually sets out -- or used to -- to point a moral and adorn a tale. The tale, however, points the other way,… — D. H. Lawrence
I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. — Ansel Adams
Down through the years my face has been called a sour puss, a dead pan, a frozen face, The Great Stone Face, and, believe it… — Buster Keaton
The writer must be four people: 1) The nut, the obsede 2) The moron 3) The stylist 4) The critic. 1 supplies the material; 2… — Susan Sontag
A non-doer is very often a critic-that is, someone who sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers are doing.… — Wayne Dyer
Picture this scene. A critic arrives at the gates of heaven. 'And what did you do?' asks Saint Peter. 'Well', says the dead soul. 'I… — Stephen Fry
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could… — Theodore Roosevelt
The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listenerâ€” a listener who… — Dale Carnegie
The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he… — Steven Pressfield
I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic. — Vissarion Belinsky
Art critic! Is that a profession? When I think we are stupid enough, we painters, to solicit those people's compliments and to put ourselves into… — Edgar Degas
Confronted by an absolutely infuriating review, it is sometimes helpful for the victim to do a little personal research on the critic. Is there any… — Jean Kerr
Never answer a critic, unless he's right. — Bernard Baruch
To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them… — Vanilla Ice
I kind of learned that I am way too tough of a critic on myself and that other people are not judging me as harshly… — Lindsay Sloane

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