Critics Quotes

1359 Critics quotes by 983 unique authors

What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you. — Seth Godin
The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts. — Steven Pressfield
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… — Stephen Jay Gould
Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts. — Unknown Author
Rage is a sign of nothing but immaturity. The power of any faith comes not from its coercion of critics and dissenters. It comes from… — Mustafa Akyol
Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless! — Joyce Carol Oates
I have more critics than Hitler. — Unknown Author
You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet. — Theophile Gautier
I am aware that many critics consider the conditions in the stars not sufficiently extreme . . . the stars are not hot enough. The… — Arthur Eddington
Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease! — Alexander Pope
I haven't seen the show, but when it was finished I felt good about what we had done. I don't know how it will stack… — Vic Morrow
In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after the revolution. — Edmund Wilson
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.
The [nonprofit] sector is the natural home of nonmajoritarian impulses, movements and values. It comfortably harbors innovators, maverick movements, groups which feel they must fight… — John W. Gardner
If there is anything education does not lack today it is critics. — Nathan M. Pusey
I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself. — Irwin Shaw
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
Just as the Red Sox proved the critics wrong, Maine can compete and can win. — John Baldacci
Low self esteem results when the inner critic prevails. — Catherine Cardinal
The cliche was always that 'everybody's a critic,' but it becomes truer every day. Long before reviews appear in the traditional outlets, you can now… — Ben Brantley
Everybody's an art critic. — Judith Martin
Not a moment passes these days without fresh rushes of academic lemmings off the cliffs they proclaim the political responsibilities of the critic, but eventually… — Harold Bloom
There are no statues erected to critics. — Tim Ferriss
People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, and praiser...and the unbeliever, destroyer and critic. — John Ruskin
I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly. I make up my own mind about it-how good… — Georgia O'Keeffe

Who Wrote These Critics Quotes

983 authors contributed a total of 1,359 Critics Quotes, led by these top contributors: