Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think that there has been criticism directed at Schroeder from inside the party. Schroeder is doing some downgrading of the price of a grand coalition, but that doesn't mean he is completely out of the race for chancellor.

Tom DeLay

I think that the judicial system should not be open to the kind of criticism that would naturally happen if Judge Perkins remains on the case,

Stephen Hunter

But you can still find good films if you read your local film critics and are willing to drive a bit. You have to be a proactive film viewer to have the most provocative cinema life.

Tony Scott

I was always criticized for style and content, but I enjoy trying to tell stories a different way, particularly with this movie, Man On Fire.

Alison Bechdel

I still found literary criticism to be a suspect activity

Alice Walker

Criticism is painful when it's not done with love.

Cate Blanchett

What I think of as a mistake might be something that does really well at the box office, so I'm my own harshest critic - as we all are, really.

Donatella Versace

It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it.

Donald Rumsfeld

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

Dale Carnegie

The resentment that criticism engenders can demoralize employees, family members and friends, and still not correct the situation that has been condemned.

Dale Carnegie

There is no such thing as constructive criticism.

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.

Dustin Hoffman

A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.

Anne Stevenson

Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.

Anne Stevenson

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.

Jonas Armstrong

I was proud of 'Robin Hood,' even though critics wrote negative things. But I had to laugh when this big, shaven-headed Hungarian stunt guy first saw me. He said, 'You Jonas? You playing Robin Hood? You need to go to the gym today.' So I thought, 'I'm going to show people.'

Anthony Burgess

Writers are rarely their own best critics, nor are critics.

I get real upset when I hear criticism about Ron.

If we never did a critical habitat designation, the frogs would still would be protected and so would their likely habitat.

If we are not one of those chosen, then that's when we need people to start to vote. It's critical that if you can't watch, you at least find out how to vote.

Ben Horowitz

If the employees fundamentally trust the C.E.O., then communications will be vastly more efficient than if they don't. Telling things as they are is a critical part of building this trust.

If the game hadn't been decided, we would have got a lot of criticism for leaving curling to go to hockey.

Ozzie Guillen

If something happened to one of the Venezuelan players, they got hurt, they can't play anymore, they won't give one (bleep) about them. But if they don't play, they will criticize them.

He was an absolutist on protection of the press' right to criticize government,

We have a lot of good arms, which is critical in a tournament like this. You need more than one or two good pitchers to make it all the way.

Italo Calvino

Now you mustn't think that I don't have any ideas for novels in my head. I've got ideas for ten novels in my head. But with every idea I have, I already foresee the wrong novels I would write, because I also have critical ideas in my head; I've got a full theory of the perfect novel, and that's what stumps me.

Rohit Shetty

There are many critics who invite me on their show, and I have told them that when my film releases, you will give it one-and-a-half star rating. That's fine. There's no issue because stars will matter when I'm planning to open a five star hotel. When I'm making films, I don't need stars.

Adam Michnik

Life has taught me that if someone is being whipped and someone is whipping this person, I am always on the side of those who are being whipped. I've always criticized U.S. foreign policy for forgetting that the United States should defend those who need to be defended. I would object to U.S. policy if it supported Saddam Hussein, and I have always criticized the United States for supporting military regimes in Latin America.

Luckily we do not have any known use of this exploit, but it is fairly critical if there were to be (an attack), so this is a recommended download.

Liberia is an important piece of the regional puzzle. This election comes at a critical moment.

Losing that lead was critical as it gave them momentum to open the second half.

Lloyd Carr

Obviously, when you're part of a unit that has had as much criticism as the defense has had, I think it's a motivating factor, ... But what I look at it is the way they've worked, and the way they've trained, and the way they've practiced. We're much stronger up front than we were a year ago, and I think that was one of the problems, one of the big problems. We're stronger, we're bigger, we have better depth. I think that is going to make a difference.

No one knows this program better than Belinda. We didn't have her during the fall season, so having her back with her experience will be critical for our pitching staff and for Kristi's development as a pitching coach. And I love Kristi's passion for the game - she still wants to be out there on the field. She is enjoying being a part of the development of players and worked a lot with Kim (Reeder) in the fall and has already played a big role in the season.