Quotes About Criticism

People's behaviour towards you changes when your films don't work. It's a painful period.

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

The thing about a music career is that it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Look at all the times people threw in the towel on Dylan - or Neil Young. Remember when Young was doing things in the '80s like 'Trans' and the rockabilly album and being completely lambasted by critics who now think he is wonderful again?

An M.P. once suggested I be put in the Tower of London for saying derogatory things about the royals. There's no First Amendment in my country.

When I did my first Hindi film, 'Sargam,' I had to play a dumb girl. Critics went to town saying that since I was a south Indian and didn't know how to speak Hindi, producers of the movie decided to make me play dumb.

If someone doesn't like Saudi Arabia's human rights record, that doesn't mean that you are in any way attacking Muslims. You're attacking a government's policies and track record.

Anytime you hear different things - whether it's trade rumors or people saying you're not living up to your complete potential - you're obviously going to get ticked off about that.

I have always been critical and skeptical of fast-tracking. It is a take-it-or-leave-it approach to trade agreements which really deals members of Congress and their concerns out of the picture.

You can't let a candidate run for too long. He will be dragged along, cut apart, put back together and ripped to shreds again - from both the political opponents and the media.

Shakespeare never had six lines together without a fault. Perhaps you may find seven, but this does not refute my general assertion.

The European Union spends most of its time either suing me, torturing me, criticizing me or condemning me for lowering the cost of air travel all over Europe.

Travellers ne'er did lie, Though fools at home condemn 'em.-Antonio

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

Astrology is a sickness, not a science ... It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.

Criticism often takes from the tree caterpillars and blossoms together.

is there not an Arabick Proverb which goes, 'No one throws Stones at a Barren Tree'?

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.

You have to have a thick enough skin to cope with the criticism. I'm very self-critical and I have a lot of friends that I trust who are film directors and writers and people in my profession.

I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.

Tell 'em the truth and they call you a traitor, Talk to 'em honestly and they call you a hater.

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.

People will hate you for speaking the truth, but you've gotta learn to stand up to them, so don't be offended if I say something you don't like.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

Fear your admirers! Learn in time to hear, understand, and love the cruel truth about yourselves!