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.

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.

Richard Daley

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

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

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,

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

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

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.

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.

Jerome Bettis

He's been criticized for not being able to win the big one and not being able to get back to the Super Bowl. So I think it's great.

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.

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.

Last year, we were criticized for the simplicity of the maps. This is the sort of quality with maps that we demanded when I was with Rand McNally.

Dennis Hastert

We were broadly criticized by some, especially in the Senate, ... We did not back up. We did not wave the white flag. We did not retreat. ... I think this is a good bill.

Brad Richards

Marty got criticized for all the wrong reasons. Marty always cared. Marty was still Marty inside.

David Plouffe

Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war.

Any time your work can be criticized by the public you get a little nervous.

John Morrill

We've been criticized that all we're doing is throwing food at the problem.

Ray Bradbury

I find it amusing that I'm on the Internet now, because I've criticized it, but mainly I've criticized it on the basis of, 'What are you going to do with it?'

We're never more criticized than when we impose sanctions for racism.

To me that's the only way that these trade missions should be done. If we weren't doing this, probably we would get criticized for doing too little.

A person treading on the sinful path is not only criticized but is also full of blemishes.

I've already been criticized by some on the right and that's okay,

Erin Crocker

Everything was new to me last year. Ray criticized some things I did on the track and I'm glad he told me the truth, but I was thrown to the wolves a little bit. I feel much more comfortable out there now.

Nick Clooney

I understand what it is like to have one's son criticized in a very public way. It's very painful and it's very difficult.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You'll be criticized anyway.