“It's disingenuous to say that criticism doesn't get to you or you don't hear it or that you ignore it. When everybody says, 'That's crap. I hated that,' you hear it. But it's much, much worse when they're right: when you feel that it is an absolute piece of tosh. I made the film I wanted to make, so you just have to find a way of getting over it.” WayFeelsMadeWantedFilmPiecesCriticismAbsolutesHatedOver ItCrapDisingenuousGetting Over It Author:Stephen Daldry
“Long ago, I made up my mind that, when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid criticism was carried by which I could profit.” MindLongMadeSaidPayAttentionCriticismProfitLong AgoMiscellaneousInvolving Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“If criticism has made such discoveries as to necessitate the abandonment of the doctrine of plenary inspiration, it is not enough to say that we are compelled to abandon only a "particular theory of inspiration..." We must go on to say that that "particular theory of inspiration" is the theory of the apostles and of the Lord, and that in abandoning it we are abandoning them.” IfsMadeEnoughInspirationChristianityLordParticularTheoryGoes OnDiscoveryCriticismDoctrineAbandonCompelledAbandonmentApostles Author:B. B. Warfield
“Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name. If there's a criticism to be made today, it's that the press isn't doing enough to put the pressure on the government to provide information.” IfsKnowsMadeEnoughGovernmentTodayNamesMediaInformationDutyCriticismPressurePresses Author:Walter Cronkite
“It's certainly what I like best about getting older. You're not up for grabs for criticism anymore. You make a decision, it's made, it's fine, you don't have to go back and rework it. You don't have to apologize.” MadeDecisionFineCriticismMade ItApologizingGetting OldGetting OlderRework Author:Anjelica Huston
“I ask myself, 'Do you want to sit on the sidelines of life or do you want to be on the field?' I suppose all those years of building thicker skin has made it easy to endure criticism.” WantYearsMadeAsksEasyFieldsBuildingCriticismSkinsEndureMade ItSidelines Author:Don Watson