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Quotes About Criticism

I've never trained as an actor. I've always thought I'm not a good actor. I've been told I'm not a good actor by a lot of people.
~ Jo Brand
When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.
~ John Boorman
Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
~ Karrine Steffans
Melania Trump's husband tweeted this: "Arianna Huffington is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man. He made a good decision."
~ Lawrence O'Donnell
Try not to become disappointed if someone doesn't like a story you've written. Stick up for your ideas, but listen to what other people say, too. They might have good advice.
~ Margaret Mahy
Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.
~ Mario Cantone
Normally as an actress you're constantly worried that people think you don't look good enough. It's just like an unnecessary stress that's just frustrating.
~ Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough.
~ Renee Olstead
No matter the good news anywhere else, these nuke-hungry rogue states will provide grounds for bad-mouthing Bush foreign policy.
~ Rich Lowry
Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good.
~ Stephen King
We must never forget that both good and evil flow from the Bible. It is therefore not above criticism.
~ Steve Allen
If Picasso walked into Disney looking for a job, they would throw him out on the street. Couldn't draw good enough.
~ T Bone Burnett
You can be obsessed with the bad things people say and the good things; either way, you're obsessed with yourself, and I'm not - you can become unhinged so easily.
~ Taylor Swift
I have a pretty good sense of when to express misgivings. And white critics are just as capable of pointing those things out and noticing them as people of color.
~ Wesley Morris
When you play good, everything is good, but when you dont play so good, everything is bad. Even when you think there are good things, they still say bad things.
~ Yani Tseng
Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people.
~ Jane Austen
No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism.
~ Thomas Jefferson
NRA - Nuts Running America.
~ Huey Long
I don't know what people have against government; they haven't done anything.
~ Bob Hope
It's wrong to criticize government without offering a possible alternative.
~ Jacque Fresco
It's easier for opposition members to condemn the government at the drop of a hat if they don't understand.
~ Jason Kenney
Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
~ Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
I wonder if you are ashamed of calling a Democratically elected government a fascist government.
~ Medea Benjamin
It is very easy to accuse a government of imperfection, for all mortal things are full of it.
~ Michel de Montaigne