181 Critic Quotes for You to Enjoy

At some point, I fell in love. Shortly thereafter, I got my heart broken. Sniff, sniff. And I realized at a young age - no matter what any adult literary critic would have us believe about female strength and autonomy - there is no test to strength of character like love. Lauren Kate

Love Strength Character Broken Heart Age Matter Young Believe Critic Would Some About Point Adult Like Fell Female Got Test Heart Broken Sniff Any Young Age Literary Autonomy Realized Us Thereafter

I kind of learned that I am way too tough of a critic on myself and that other people are not judging me as harshly as I judge myself, so I need to give myself a break. Lindsay Sloane

Myself Me People Judge Tough Too Other Way Harshly Critic Kind Give Learned Judging Am Break Need

I realized that everybody is a critic. They're going to say they hate you, they love you, they this, they that, but at the end of the day, no matter what, I have to be confident in myself as a man and an artist. Logic

Love Myself Day You Man Hate End Of The Day Matter Everybody Say Critic End Artist Going Confident Love You Realized

I think any critic that takes a swipe at 'Full House' is like taking the family dog. The dog brings you joy and happiness and makes you forget your problems, and that's all 'Full House' does. Literally, taking a potshot at that show is like taking the family dog. Lori Loughlin

I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says. Lou Reed

Care Says Critic Know Does Anyone Who Actually

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool. Lynn Lavner

Church State Tool Guide Critic Must Never

I resist lists. It must be all those 'Most Important' and 'Best of the Year' ones I compiled in my years as a beat critic. I often felt guilty about what I left out. Margo Jefferson

Best Important Year Those Guilty Critic Out Must About Beat Most Felt Years Left Often Lists Resist

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back. Marianne Moore

Man Old Poet Back Critic Having Through Cruel Like Without Enchantment His Forever Quite Wander Cannot Regions Old Man Sea

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word. Mason Cooley

History Word Will Every Critic He Outwit Literary Believes Last

Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead. Mason Cooley

Critic Delight Dead Mighty

I'm a perfectionist and my own worst critic. Mauro Ranallo

Own Worst Critic My Own Perfectionist

You can't be elected president without passing though Iowa and bowing down before corn-based ethanol, before agricultural subsidies. I mean, even McCain was a critic of ethanol, but when he got to Iowa, he was singing a different tune. Michael Pollan

Bad criticism recites rote arguments. The shame of rote arguments isn't just that they're cliches, though they are, but that they tend to hide from us why a critic is actually thinking what they're thinking. Michelle Dean

Hide Criticism Argument Thinking Though Critic Bad Tend Shame Cliches Just Us Rote Why Actually

A good novelist pays attention to his characters. A good biographer pays attention to the documents before her. A good critic pays close attention to the thing she's brought to evaluate. Michelle Dean

Good Before Critic Characters Brought Attention She Documents His Close Close Attention Evaluate Pays Novelist Her Thing

As an actor, you're constantly riddled with self-doubt. You are your own worst critic. Michelle Fairley

You Own Worst Critic Constantly Self-Doubt Your Riddled Actor

Let us consider the critic, therefore, as a discoverer of discoveries. Milan Kundera

Consider Critic Discoverer Discoveries Us Therefore Let Us

One of the biggest things I learned was not to tell myself 'no' before someone else. As someone who's creative, I know the inner critic can be really loud. Early on in my career, I would just listen to it and tell myself 'no.' Natasha Rothwell

I wouldn't call myself a 'literary critic,' just a book reviewer. Neel Mukherjee

Myself Book Critic Call Reviewer Just Literary

I'm probably my biggest critic. I worry that if you spend any quality time reveling in good things then karma will slap you upside the head, so I try to stay as even keel as I'm able. Neil Patrick Harris

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy - yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or no. This is what makes him impossible. Nelson Algren

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