Quotes About Criticism

I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.

The first article carrying Vonnegut's byline, 'This Business of Whistle Purchasing,' a lighthearted criticism of a school fund-raiser, was submitted at the urging of his sophomore English teacher.

When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.

Every time you blow the whistle, half the people are going to be mad at you.

When the fans whistle, it's clear that you have to change something and the fans have every right to do it.

I believe all the fans want to see nice football, and when things do not go for you, they have the right to whistle.

The fans are always right. If they whistle or jeer someone, it's because they want him to be effective.

Mrs. White, in my opinion, made false statements. She misused what she claimed was the prophetic gift she had.

If I were white, I'd get less criticism.

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.

I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.

Our leaders should certainly engage passionate advocacy of needed reforms, and equally strong criticism of policies they believe are destructive to America. But, from the school boards to the White House, let's elect more candidates who are committed to constructive dialogue and reasonable compromises.

Every year, the White House Correspondents' Dinner inspires two competing varieties of coverage: celebrity-obsessed fawning and angry tirades about how it represents everything twisted about our broken democracy. It doesn't, really.

George W. Bush was a silver spoon dolt with no record to speak of other than bankruptcy and selling tropical plants, and we let him sail into the White House, but Barack talks about religious fundamentalism and guns being prevalent in poor areas, and we roast him for weeks?

It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance.

Bush is a frat boy in the White House but we've had that before. But I wasn't one of those people that was threatening to leave the country. By the way none of those people have left the country. Alec Baldwin is still here.

Some people in this nation believe that race is a significant factor in the constant attacks against President Obama. Others believe that these attacks reflect only the normal level of criticism aimed at the occupant of the White House.

My liberal friends love to dismiss Reagan. You know, they'll say something like, 'Oh, didn't he, like, only read one-page memos when he was in the White House?' Well, that's just good managerial practice. I mean, Franklin Roosevelt made people write one-page memos.

When I started as a White House correspondent, there was a lot of criticism from guys saying, 'She focuses too much on the person but not enough on policy.' I never understood that argument at all. I just didn't agree with the premise.

Lotsa people want to hurt me. That's the price you pay for being a big mouth.

I knew that people disliked me, and there always will be, but that's the price you pay for being in the limelight, so to speak.

If you take a loud pride in anything, people will rightly shoot you down.

I don't want to be a part of the demographics. I want to be an individual. I wear each of my films as a badge of pride. That's why I cherish all my bad reviews. If the critics start liking my movies, then I'm in deep trouble.

Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.