Critics Quotes

The critics - how come you never see any of them on TV?

I have learned not to read reviews. Period. And I hate reviewers. All of them, or at least all but two or three. Life is much simpler ignoring reviews and the nasty people who write them. Critics should find meaningful work.

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

There is always an audience for different individuals, but critics sometimes stop the audience finding the show and the show finding the audience.

I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.

How you look has become ridiculously disproportionate to what you do. Critics are more harsh on female presenters.

My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me.

In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war.

Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how a building will perform over time.

Critics can say horrible things. It only hurts when I agree with them.

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.

Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.

One of the things that strikes me is so many of the critics are people whose lifestyle doesn't change when the price of fuel changes, or if they keep a Wal-Mart store out of their area.

Most people should be talking about how Floyd Mayweather is a great undefeated future Hall of Famer that's his own promoter and that works extremely hard to get to where he's at. Instead, all you hear is hate and jealous remarks from critics who criticize me and, you know, most of the time, the people that criticize me can't do what I can do.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

All critics should be assassinated.

I'm not looking for a legacy, and you'll never shut up the critics. I've been around 50 years. When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left.

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.

All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very good way to get to reviews and involve yourself in discussions.

Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.

Those who closely watched the campaign should not be surprised by Obama's hostility toward Israel, given his relations with pro-Palestinian, virulent critics of Israel and his voluntary membership in Reverend Wright's decidedly anti-Semitic church. Furthermore, his campaign website featured anti-Semitic posts.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.

Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.

I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.

Many of the critics today get airline tickets, hotel accommodation, bags, beautiful photographs, gifts and other expenses paid by the distributors, and then are supposed to write serious articles about the movie.

The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not.

Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did.

If the press really thinks Obama is Lincoln, they ought to treat him like they treated Bush, 'cause that's how they treated Lincoln. His critics compared Lincoln to an ape; they called him an illiterate baboon.