Critic Quotes

477 quotes by 384 authors

Well, I do expect a lot of myself. I'm a harsh critic because I know what I'm capable of. I have hit those occasional peaks… — Dave Stevens
To some, the temporal triumph of the Christian community in the world is a sign of God's favor and the essential righteousness of the Christian… — Peter J. Gomes
One is never just a teacher: One is always - even if not consciously - an advocate of a point of view, a critic of… — Robert Audi
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not… — Stephen Covey
What I do requires fantastic concentration... but you can't be totally alone, or you lose all contact with reality, so even when I'm engrossed and… — Truman Capote
Seeing someone else perform and letting me be the critic for once... that's not a bad thing. — Mats Sundin
No statue has ever been put up to a critic. — Jean Sibelius
An American critic wrote that she would rather be forced to read the New York telephone directory three times than watch the film A Zed… — Peter Greenaway
The principle of compassion is that which converts disillusionment into a participatory companionship. This is the basic love, the charity, that turns a critic into… — Joseph Campbell
We dance to reclaim our brilliant ability to disappear in something bigger, something safe, a space without a critic or a judge or an analyst. — Gabrielle Roth
No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it's true. On the other hand, it's only the people with statues that get pooped… — Seth Godin
Eagleton has spent his life inside two mental boxes, Catholicism and Marxism, of both of which he is a severe internal criticâ€”that is, he frequently… — A.C. Grayling
Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true. — William Shenstone
I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed compliments.… — LeRoy Neiman
Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever he looks. His… — Peter Mayle
The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts. — Steven Pressfield
Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless! — Joyce Carol Oates
You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet. — Theophile Gautier
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at… — Walter Bagehot

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