Famous Quotes & Sayings

Roddy McDowall

Intellectually I'd love to play Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire Can't you just imagine me down in the streets yelling "Stella! Stella!" God, the critics would have a lot of fun with that one.

In some ways, this is a critical election. A different paradigm of governing is emerging. We may be moving into this post-racial, post-ideological politics. I think it's much more a competency-based, performance-based politics.

I really thought it was critical for the fans to share in the experience.

I really think the worst is over. And IBM is the critical reason.

Mark McGrath

I really do hope that the people will like 14:59. The critics seem to like it. We got a lot of good reviews.

Clearly, we wanted someone who understood law enforcement, particularly someone who had experience in a university environment. We also wanted someone who understood critical issues that face students, faculty and staff - like, of course, women's safety.

Citigroup needed a lot more earnings to hit its estimates and Sandy just found them in a dominant company. This will give them a foothold in the United States, which is critical because that's where the money is made.

Saxby Chambliss

His critics over the last several weeks have been saying the president has no plan,

Robert Stack

California's red-legged frogs are part of our historical, literary and cultural heritage, ... It is critically important that we ensure that there will always be frogs jumping here in Calaveras County, and in other places, too.

But I think if there were a lot of criticism, then it would shorten his honeymoon, if its seen that he's ignoring them.

But the critical thing is to walk in the door, spend some time in the facility, talk to the residents, talk to the staff, eat a meal and just look around.

This is a critical week for these negotiations, there's no two ways about that.

This is a critical time for us if we're going to stay in the race until the end. We can't get too much separation between us and the top.

This is a critical time, and the public needs to be informed.

This is a critical moment in time, accomplished through grass-roots mobilization. We're now able to push back.

This is a critical moment for U.S. manufacturing.

Ralph Neas

This is a critically important vote, and it will be something that all progressive organizations will remember forever.

This is a critically important step in the process.

This is a critical IPO. If it doesn't do well it will probably put a stop to a potential nanotech IPO trend,

They took her by ambulance to Wilcox Hospital, where she was in critical condition.

Neil Gaiman

I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so.

John Steinbeck

Strength and success; they are above morality, above criticism. It seems then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it.

Sebastian Horsley

My only criticism about Quentin Crisp is that the subversive must be ready to subvert themselves. I may dress for myself, but I undress for everybody else, whereas he never did that - he was never prepared to drop a bomb on everything he did.

Seth Godin

Nobody says, 'Yeah, I'd like to set myself up for some serious criticism!' And yet, the only way to be remarkable is to do just that.

Seth Godin

Criticism comes to those who stand out.

Tex Winter

Neither criticism nor praise should be highly regarded.

Terry McMillan

I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.

Michael Ian Black

Sometimes the criticism is actually useful and constructive and actually informs what I do, but most of the time, it's sort of mindless, or they're receiving something on a different frequency than I was sending it. They're just not getting what I'm doing, and that's fine.

Henry David Thoreau

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

Plautus

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

James Russell Lowell

A sneer is the weapon of the weak.

James Russell Lowell

Comparative criticism teaches us that moral and aesthetic defects are more nearly related than is commonly supposed.

Jon Landau

The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies were superb, and lyrics frequently very good, and the performances flawless.