Critics Quotes

1359 Critics quotes by 983 unique authors

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on. — Billy Corgan
I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics. — Kevin Costner
If the press really thinks Obama is Lincoln, they ought to treat him like they treated Bush, 'cause that's how they treated Lincoln. His critics… — Ann Coulter
I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise. — Noel Coward
Every time you start a project, you're hopeful that the critics receive it warmly. — Bryan Cranston
I'm a harsh critic of the status quo. — Andrew Cuomo
I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic… — Park Chan-wook
A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded. — Tyne Daly
I have to expose myself and then accept the judgment that audiences and critics will have. And that's okay. I appreciate the elliptical nature of… — Claire Danes
Scientists disagree among themselves but they never fight over their disagreements. They argue about evidence or go out and seek new evidence. Much the same… — Richard Dawkins
I don't mind what the critics say, so long as I get some reaction. The worst thing is to be ignored. — Les Dawson
You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run. — Vin Diesel
We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public. — Walt Disney
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. — Benjamin Disraeli
I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss. — Kirk Douglas
Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a… — Henry Van Dyke
Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary critic Northrup Frye,… — Roger Ebert
I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No… — Roger Ebert
All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very good way to… — Roger Ebert
I think it's my nature to - every time I hear about an award or a nomination, it makes me realize how much I must've… — Jesse Eisenberg
Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone… — Duke Ellington
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. — Epictetus
Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another. — Desiderius Erasmus
My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the… — Harvey Fierstein
An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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