Critics Quotes

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Any one who chooses will set up for a literary critic, though he cannot tell us where he went to school, or how much time… — Saint Basil
Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and… — Saint Basil
Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions. — Sam Rayburn
Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from… — Gerald R. Ford
Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It's so much easier to be a critic… — Maria Popova
Music critics get their records for free so their opinions usually don't matter. — Marilyn Manson
There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. — John Waters
I know many of the critics and I don't think of them as God-like figures. What can they do to hurt me? Sure, I might… — Elia Kazan
Sometimes I'd like everybody who is stuck, or lost, or vacant to stay that way and keep silent for as long as it takes, but… — David Toop
People become discouraged when they listen to their 'inner critic'... Whatever that voice is saying, articulate a response, drawing from the part of you that… — Lauren Mackler
It's much tougher to be a restaurant critic now. You have to take a subway out to Brooklyn. I wouldn't want to do it. — Mimi Sheraton
Perhaps [the critics are right and] the drama is played out now and Jesus is safely dead and buried. Perhaps. It is ironical and entertaining… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Probably you have noted the resemblance of the critic to the crank. — E. W. Howe
Women in music have the bigger balls anyhow we endure much more harassment and critic. — Iggy Azalea
I love to see the rarest movies, the most talked-about movies and documentaries. I read all the reviews and compare them to see if its… — Theophilus London
Your enemies, your critics, the people that are trying to push you down-God can use them to push you up. — Joel Osteen
Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true… — Criss Jami
Hypocrisy versus authenticity among men is not always so black and white, and as is righteousness, humility is often self-proclaimed. The Church is most definitely… — Criss Jami
The method of the critic is to balance praises with censure, and thus to do justice to the subject and--his own discrimination. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Today there survives more than 25,0000 partial and complete, ancient handwritten manuscript copies of the New Testament. These hand written manuscripts have allowed scholars and… — Charlie Campbell
Bullfight critics row on row Fill the enormous Plaza de toros But only one is there who knows And he is the one who fights… — John F. Kennedy
The most accomplished literary work would be reduced to nothing by carping criticism, if the author would listen to all critics and allow every one… — Jean de la Bruyere
A critic recently described me, with deadly acuteness, as having 'a kindly dislike of my fellow-creatures.' Perhaps dread would have been nearer the mark than… — George Bernard Shaw
Criticism discloses that which it would fain conceal, but conceals that which it professes to disclose; it is therefore, read by the discerning, not to… — Charles Caleb Colton
The last sort I shall mention are verbal critics - mere word-catchers, fellows that pick out a word in a sentence and a sentence in… — William Hazlitt

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