“There are many out there who proudly call themselves critics, but I have come to see that many of those critics have never tested their own skill.” SkillsCriticsTested Author:Allison Mackie
“Some critics of racing witlessly claim that spectators only attend to see someone die. This is utter and complete nonsense. I have been at numerous races where death is present. When a driver dies, the crowd symbolically dies, too. They come to see action at the brink: ultimate risk taking and the display of skill and bravery embodied in the sport's immortals like Nuvolari, Foyt, and thousands of others who operate at the ragged edge.” Has BeensActionDiesSportsRaceRiskSkillsUltimateClaimsBraveryCriticsEdgesCrowdsNonsenseDriversRacingDisplaySpectatorsRisk-takingRagged Author:Brock Yates
“Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed? The shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is more than equal to that task.” HandsUnderstandingSkillsEqualTasksCriticsDestroyingPulling Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)
“There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased: And sure he must have more than mortal Skill, Who please one against his Will.” PleaseSkillsCriticismCriticsMortalsDiseasedSpleen Author:William Congreve
“My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg.” MomentsStylePoliticianSkillsAuthorityLowsMy FriendsCriticsPublic SpeakingSchwarzeneggerRhetoricalCriticiseCyborg Author:Boris Johnson
“Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.” WorldGivingArtAmericaBeliefImaginationModernObjectsSkillsCriticismCriticsMy ImaginationModern WorldBasketsModern ArtPicnicsCraftsmanshipContemporary ArtPicnic Baskets Author:Tom Stoppard