Quotes About Critics

I love to go to the movies with people, but a lot of the time it's me in a room with a bunch of other movie critics, which is fine.

The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.

In its Roman-era setting, for example, Christianity was so different that critics of the time referred to it as a "superstition" (meaning a bogus or dangerous religion).

I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again.

Some critics believe the house's mutations reflect the psychology of anyone who enters it.

The Kankakee was stirring with life. The birds were making a joyful noise from every tree and bush. It seemed as if a pail of musical notes had been tossed into the air to spill around Millie along with the sunshine. Millie added her whistle to the symphony, but the birds -- harsh critics that they were -- refused to sing along and remained silent until she stopped.

De repente, los comunistas se encontraron en la extraordinaria posición, que los críticos calificaron de absurda, de tener que gobernar a un pueblo y al mismo tiempo fomentar la revolución.

were passed on to later generations in bowdlerized and abridged versions as stories for children. The same happened to Gulliver's Travels and to Moby Dick, to Robinson Crusoe, to—Children appreciate a good story. They don't enquire about symbolism or archetypes, and they never read critics.

debacle in Lebanon was also ignored, even when in mid-September terrorists drove a truck carrying explosives into the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and blew it up, killing twenty-three people. Reagan responded to critics by charging that the blame for the disaster lay with "previous administrations" for the "near destruction of our intelligence capabilities." By this time, Reagan had been in office three and a half years!

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

Critics write words but they don't write the future.

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem: they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.

Frame it as a debate, rather than a conflict. Argue as if you're right, but listen as if you're wrong (and be willing to change your mind). Make the most respectful interpretation of the other person's perspective. Acknowledge where you agree with your critics and what you've learned from them.

Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't.

It is easy to be a critic, but the only effective critics are those who truly love – and show they love – those whom they criticise.

Some people need to stay at the top. They are afraid to re-start from zero because they fear the critics.

A few economists weighed in against our decision as well.

The critics based their argument on the fact that lower interest rates tend to raise prices for assets such as stocks and houses.

I also believe that critics overstate the contribution of moral hazard from the Bear intervention to the resurgence of the crisis in the fall.

No sabéis quiénes son los críticos? Aquellos que no han tenido éxito en la literatura y en el arte.

When a film does well, everyone is usually happy and grateful, but for me, the impression the film leaves upon my mind is created during the process of filming; my memories are not a reflection of critics' reviews and box office figures.

Reversing the escalation of health care costs is going to need more than legislation, yet it can be done without imposing rationing, as critics of reform fear.

Despite his critics, Rubio has skillfully managed the expectations of many conservatives and effectively made his case for immigration reform, while working with other members to continuously improve the legislation.

The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics - and our external ones too - the easier it will get to have confidence in our choices, and to feel comfortable with who we are - as women and as mothers.