Quotes by Critics

Death is every man's final critic. To die well you must live brav... by Edward Abbey

Death is every man's final critic. To die well you must live bravely.

Edward Abbey
finals critics men
Critics are like ticks on a dog or tits on a motor: ornamental bu... by Edward Abbey

Critics are like ticks on a dog or tits on a motor: ornamental but dysfunctional.

Edward Abbey
tick critics dog
A critic is to an author as a fungus to an oak. by Edward Abbey

A critic is to an author as a fungus to an oak.

Edward Abbey
fungi oaks critics

Any hack can safely rail away at foreign powers beyond the sea; but a good writer is a critic of the society he lives in.

Edward Abbey
rail critics sea

I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.

Elia Kazan
my-best-friend critics lost
You'll be "damned if you do, and damned if you don't." by Eleanor Roosevelt

You'll be "damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

Eleanor Roosevelt
criticize critics criticism
I, along with the critics, have never taken myself very seriously... by Elizabeth Taylor

I, along with the critics, have never taken myself very seriously.

Elizabeth Taylor
critics taken
There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my... by Elvis Costello

There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie.

Elvis Costello
versions critics lying

Be patient and loving with yourself. You weren't meant to be your biggest critic, but your biggest fan.

Emily Kinney
critics patient fans
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand othe... by Emile M. Cioran

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

Emile M. Cioran
misconception critics criticism
You have to have courage to stand up to your critics. by Enzo Ferrari

You have to have courage to stand up to your critics.

Enzo Ferrari
have-courage critics
The critic should describe, and not prescribe. by Eugene Ionesco

The critic should describe, and not prescribe.

Eugene Ionesco
critics should
Critics? I love every bone in their heads. by Eugene O'Neill

Critics? I love every bone in their heads.

Eugene O'Neill
bones critics
Women critics are amazons in climax. by Faina Ranevskaya

Women critics are amazons in climax.

Faina Ranevskaya
climax critics
The critics don't build great cities by Federico Pena

The critics don't build great cities

Federico Pena
critics political cities
Never defend yourself; agree with your critics, it takes the wind... by Fay Weldon

Never defend yourself; agree with your critics, it takes the wind out of their sails.

Fay Weldon
sail critics wind
The reviewer always has hold of the wrong horror. by Flannery O'Connor

The reviewer always has hold of the wrong horror.

Flannery O'Connor
editors horror critics

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.

Francis Ford Coppola
realising critics
Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have mon... by Francois Truffaut

Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.

Francois Truffaut
waste critics film
I had my share of critics, and I wash my hands of the whole lot. by Frank R. Stockton

I had my share of critics, and I wash my hands of the whole lot.

Frank R. Stockton
critics share hands