Review Quotes

324 Review quotes by 291 unique authors

Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during… — Anurag Kashyap
I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so. — Oscar Wilde
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror. — Colin Powell
One cannot review a bad book without showing off. — Wystan Hugh Auden
You don’t want a general houseworker, do you? Or a traveling companion, quiet, refined, speaks fluent French entirely in the present tense? Or an assistant… — Dorothy Parker
Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to, even if that's what they tell… — James Patterson
Ads answered out of desperation in the New York Review of Books proved equally futile as…the 'Bay Area Bisexual' told me I didn't quite coincide… — Woody Allen
The reality of the Life Review is becoming part of our every day understanding. We know that after death, we have to look at our… — James Redfield
The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the… — O. Henry
Pictures pass me in long review,-- Marching columns of dead events. I was tender, and, often, true; Ever a prey to coincidence. Always knew I… — Dorothy Parker
Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really bad, the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote. — Mignon McLaughlin
I say I'm in love with her. What does that mean? It means I review my future and my past in the light of this… — Jeanette Winterson
The music defied classification. If I had been writing a review of the show, I would have labeled it progressive, guitar-driven rock ’n’ roll. But… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally… — Alexandra Bracken
Whenever he composes a critical review, I have been told, he gets an enormous erection. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
O what a blessed day that will be when I shall . . . stand on the shore and look back on the raging seas… — Richard Baxter
Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review. — James Russell Lowell
Would you like to assist me with my choice of underwear as well?” My sarcasm whistled right over his head. “I would be delighted. While… — Ilona Andrews
There is only one princess in the Disney tales, one girl who gets to be exalted. Princesses may confide in a sympathetic mouse or teacup,… — Peggy Orenstein
Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Sociological Review revealed that atheists are the least trusted group in America—less trusted, even, than homosexuals. It… — Stephen Colbert
However good we are, however correctly we seek to lead our lives, tragedies do occur. We can blame others, look for justification, imagine how our… — Paulo Coelho
I'd sit at my kitchen table and start scanning help-wanted ads on my laptop, but then a browser tab would blink and I'd get distracted… — Robin Sloan
Miss Temminnick, you are in receipt of the highest marks we have ever given in a six-month review. Your mind seems designed for espionage. Nevertheless,… — Gail Carriger
A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make… — Thomas a Kempis

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