Keyword: Criticism (Page 4)

The musician who invented Swing ought to.

Yeah, I tried to see it from your point of view, but I couldn’t get my head that far up my ass.

(1965 – ) comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer & director

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

(1954 – ) filmmaker, author, social critic & activist

The quality of debate [in the House of Lords] is pretty high – and it is, I think, good evidence of life after death.

(1903 – 1998) English clergyman

Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar.

(1918 – 2006) American writer

A good review is considered nepotism; a bad one professional jealousy.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim.”

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.

(1894 – 1986) British prime minister

About as modest as Mussolini.

(1941 – ) American singer & songwriter

In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

Critics are eunuchs at a gang bang.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

How much would you charge to haunt a house?

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

The mediocrity of his thinking is concealed by the majesty of his language.

(1897 – 1960) Welsh labor leader & politician

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain… and most fools do.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

He is a man of his most recent word.

(1925 – 2008) American conservative author, commentator & television host

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

(1925 – 2013) British prime minister & politician

My handwriting looks as if a swarm of ants, escaping from an ink bottle, had walked over a sheet of paper without wiping their legs.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

When your head is in the bear's mouth, it is not the time to be smacking him on the nose.

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian