Critics Quotes

1359 Critics quotes by 983 unique authors

Critics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart. — Erica Jong
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
I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size. I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain… — J.R.R. Tolkien
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
As many critics of religion have pointed out, the notion of a creator poses an immediate problem of an infinite regress. If God created the… — Sam Harris
The human mind is generally far more eager to praise and dispraise than to describe and define. It wants to make every distinction a distinction… — C.S. Lewis
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
Humans have a saying that "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which basically means that if you think it's beautiful, then it is… — Eoin Colfer
The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval. — Thomas Harris
The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener— 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
Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience - 4000 critics. — Mark Twain
If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter — Anton Chekhov
Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your… — Og Mandino
I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic. — Vissarion Belinsky
It is the will of God that we must have critics and missionaries and congressmen and humorists, and we must bear the burden — Mark Twain
Critics get a little carried away with what someone should have done, rather than what he did. — Duke Ellington
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
The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics - and our external ones too - the easier it will get to have confidence… — Arianna Huffington
America's critics can be heard everywhere. It is too much in love with money - worshipping the god of the marketplace, the golden calf. It… — Maurice Saatchi
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
As recently as the 1970s, the idea that the point of life was to get rich and that governments existed to facilitate this would have… — Tony Judt
If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know… — Bear Bryant

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