Keyword: Critics

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you’ve got a pretty neck.

(1915 – ) American film, television & stage actor

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

(1742 – 1799) German writer

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, “I wanna grow up and be a critic.”

(1940 – 2005) comedian & movie actor

A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer

[Critics] search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author

A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded.

(1946 – ) American stage & screen actress

Don't pay any attention to the critics; don't even ignore them.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Critics are eunuchs at a gang bang.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Critic: One who boasts of being “hard to please” because nobody tries to please him. 

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Women’s soccer does have its knockers.

sports broadcaster

Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts.

(1945 – ) American author

A critic is a bunch of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

(1926 – 2007) American jazz critic & book reviewer

Critics can’t even make music by rubbing their back legs together.

(1926 – ) film director, screenwriter, composer, comedian, actor & producer

Critics? … I love every bone in their heads.

(1888 – 1953) American playwright

It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is the proper judge of it.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it’s done, they’ve seen it done every day, but they’re unable to do it themselves.

(1923 – 1964) Irish poet, short story writer, novelist & playwright

A critic is a legless man who teaches running.

(1880 – 1946) American playwright, critic & writer

A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist