Critics Quotes

You've got to put this in context, ... I think they (the critics) would be more worried if the euro had gone up 12 percent instead of fallen 12 percent (from its launch level). We've got everyone trying to manipulate a weaker currency, but when you've actually got one, it's criticized. - David Bloom

Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the camera does. It is more perceptive than the human eye. - Douglas Sirk

Young people need models, not critics. - John Wooden

You showed your credentials by being able to talk about all this detail, but a lot of people - including Democrats - got sucked into it. They learned the lingo, but they forgot it had no relation to reality. It was like critics of 'The Three Stooges' debating the right way to squirt seltzer up your nose. They forgot that the whole thing was a little silly. - Barney Frank

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism. - W. Somerset Maugham

You hear all the critics talking about how tough its going to be. But for a lot of guys, it's a big opportunity for them. I tell them to enjoy it. Smile sometimes. Enjoy that this is a game. - Dontrelle Willis

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics. - Riccardo Muti

You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven't done what I do. Most book reviewers haven't written 11 novels. Many of them haven't written one. - John Irving

You can't use a real 3-year-old... Usually the boy is around 6. So I have created the most truthful baby possible on stage. I think audiences are prepared to go along with suspension of disbelief. Some critics were not. - Anthony Minghella

You can tell from the preseason rankings that they don't really mean much. I don't think we were in the top 50 when the season started. They're not really representative of the truth. It's something you really try not to worry about too much. It's nice to get the recognition, but there's always going to be critics and there's always going to be people who doubt you no matter what you do. - Levon Kendall