Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ian Mckellen

If you get criticized, good - I don't think people get criticized enough. People talk behind your back and they criticize you, but they don't often come up and say it to you.

Wen Jiabao

There are people who will appreciate what I've done, and there will be people who will criticize me. Ultimately history will have the final say.

David Rabe

There's no demand for a body of work, though writers will be criticized for not having produced one.

Chris Colfer

I was a lone duck in a swan-filled pond who criticized everyone.

Alice Walker

I prefer to praise people and the world rather than criticize them and it.

Richard Daley

They have vilified me, they have crucified me; yes, they have even criticized me.

David Beckham

Me? I would love to be famous in America. I like the American people and I like the way they look up to Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods . I'm sure they criticize their stars occasionally but it doesn't reach the point where they ever put down their own people and their own stars. That's what's nice for me.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.

I was harshly criticized for the decision to make Eric Gagne a closer,

I think if you're willing to criticize then you should be willing to serve. You have to put yourself out there and find your own community.

Matt Clement

I think people criticize his hitting, but this guy's as good as you're going to get at shortstop.

George Bernard Shaw

It does not follow . . . that the right to criticize Shakespeare involves the power of writing better plays. And in fact . . . I do not profess to write better plays.

We don't get criticized at the Presidents Cup like we do the Ryder. Where I see the difference is there's a lot more intensity in this (media) room.

Donald Rumsfeld

I have been highly criticized for not rushing to judgment and criticizing words that I've never even seen,

Karl Rove

He's doing a good job. Those who criticize him should reconsider. He's my friend and is trusted by me and the president.

We take that as motivation. We've been criticized all year, but we've proven them all wrong.

Greenspan's shift to a 'don't criticize what you don't understand mode' signals that the low level of long-term interest rates will, by themselves, not be a factor pushing the Fed towards more tightening.

If they want to criticize us for having only one opinion on an issue instead of two or three, we'll take it.

Given Bahrain's strategic value, Washington may be reluctant to criticize its ally, but a failure to do so could result in growing anti-U.S. sentiment in the kingdom.

From our perspective, all savings is good, and I'm loathe to criticize it until we see detailed plans. But the main question it raises is to what extent does this encourage or discourage long-term savings?

Barbara Sher

Whenever we dream out loud, were criticized for being foolish by people who really have no idea how special we are. As a result, we crush our dreams without giving them half a chance.

Bob Bennett

We spent more than the president requested, and we were criticized for pork-barrel spending,

Eric Schlosser

I'd like to think that, in the United States, you can criticize a company that makes hamburgers without having to worry about what might happen to you.

Eric Schlosser

The thing that's been inhibiting long-form investigative reporting is fear - fear of being sued, of being unpopular, of being criticized by very powerful groups.

Dick Cheney

I've been criticized because I've had the temerity to speak out and done a couple of interviews since I left office. I don't find anything surprising about that.

Louis Garrel

My grandfather criticized me thousands of times, and he gave me a compliment once.

We were criticized throughout that investigation for being too thorough, for taking too long. But time has proved the correctness of that approach.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Every nation criticizes every other one - and they are all correct.

Brian Williams

We're down eight players right now. That's tough. I can't criticize the effort I've been getting out there, but we're not at full strength.

Warren Farrell

When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.'

Virginia Postrel

'The Matrix' is a movie that is all about glamour. I could do a whole talk on 'The Matrix' and glamour. It was criticized for glamorizing violence, because, look - sunglasses and those long coats, and, of course, they could walk up walls and do all these kinds of things that are impossible in the real world.

Harry Hopkins

They are damn good projects - excellent projects. That goes for all the projects up there. You know some people make fun of people who speak a foreign language, and dumb people criticize something they do not understand, and that is what is going on up there - God damn it!

Michael Huff

People love to criticize him for being too nice, but he has loosened up around us. Now here we are playing for a national championship. He must be doing something right.