Critics Quotes

1359 Critics quotes by 983 unique authors

I honestly think I could sit down and write a show tonight that the critics would love, and I know it would be canceled within… — Sherwood Schwartz
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Now see, a lot of critics are saying Arnold can't get elected because he's just an ambitious guy with a famous name, who doesn't know… — Jay Leno
Critics say Arnold has no previous government experience, but advisers say he's clearly the most qualified Austrian, ex-Mr. Universe in the race. — Craig Kilborn
There is an open terror of the critics (in New York) and of losing fortunes of money. — Arthur Miller
Her books were put down by most critics but readers would not put down her books. — Gene Shalit
Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics of the chips that were left. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. — Jean Sibelius
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs — John Osborne
When the shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise, they ignore the fact that it is an economic support… — Dwight David Eisenhower
God knows people who are paid to have attitudes toward things, professional critics, make me sick; camp following eunuchs of literature. They won't even whore.… — Ernest Hemingway
Maybe they weren't punks at all, but New York drama critics. — Judith Crist
One gets tired of the role critics are supposed to have in this culture: It's like being the piano player in a whorehouse; you don't… — Robert Hughes
A man must serve his time to every trade: Save Censure- Critics all are ready made — Lord Byron
Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest — Samuel Johnson
Now, in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then… — Henry Fielding
The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply — Samuel Johnson
We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have generally no other merit than that, having read the works… — Samuel Johnson
Let dull critics feed upon the carcasses of plays; give me the taste and the dressing — Lord Chesterfield

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