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Quotes by Critic

"To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous."

"To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Virtue, Being, Mankind, Race

16

"To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living."

"To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Being, Contempt, Living, Poor

16

"Nature provides exceptions to every rule."

"Nature provides exceptions to every rule."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

16

"Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating."

"Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating."

Andrea Dworkin, American Critic

Woman, Women, Defense, Expression, Feminism

16

"I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant."

"I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

Makeup, Buddhist, Prayer

16

"To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead."

"To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Adaptation, Order, Thinking

16

"Big business, for all its lobbying, is often put in line by investigative reporting, public scandals and multi-million-dollar judgments in court against those who put products on the market that are dangerous to their buyers."

"Big business, for all its lobbying, is often put in line by investigative reporting, public scandals and multi-million-dollar judgments in court against those who put products on the market that are dangerous to their buyers."

Stanley Crouch, American Critic

Business, Court, Public

16

"Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein."

"Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

16

"An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him."

"An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him."

William Minto, British Critic

Attitude, Belief, Doubt, Joy

15

"If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you don't fight back it hurts forever."

"If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you don't fight back it hurts forever."

Joel Siegel, American Critic

15

"Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards."

"Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards."

Irving Babbitt, American Critic

Society, America, Confusion

15

"There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless."

"There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless."

Clive Bell, English Critic

Art, Work, Quality

15

"When I put my nose in a glass, it's like tunnel vision. I move into another world, where everything around me is just gone, and every bit of mental energy is focused on that wine."

"When I put my nose in a glass, it's like tunnel vision. I move into another world, where everything around me is just gone, and every bit of mental energy is focused on that wine."

Robert M. Parker, Jr., American Critic

Vision, Energy, Wine, World

15

"Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world."

"Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world."

Vincent Canby, American Critic

Curiosity, Fiction, World

15

"No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or three icebergs, until he has been lost in the sands of the desert, until he has spent a few years in the House of the Dead."

"No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or three icebergs, until he has been lost in the sands of the desert, until he has spent a few years in the House of the Dead."

Van Wyck Brooks, American Critic

Experience, Years

15

"Discretion is not the better part of biography."

"Discretion is not the better part of biography."

Lytton Strachey, English Critic

Biography, Discretion

15

"Lawyers, I suppose, were children once."

"Lawyers, I suppose, were children once."

Charles Lamb, English Critic

Family, Children, Lawyers

15

"The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life."

"The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life."

Gene Siskel, American Critic

Life, People, Result, Want

15

"In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless."

"In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless."

Aleister Crowley, English Critic

Self-control, Willpower, Absence

15

"Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved."

"Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Being, Pleasure, Popular

15

"The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service."

"The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service."

Irving Babbitt, American Critic

15

"People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work."

"People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work."

Anatole Broyard, American Critic

Friendship, Work, People, Idea, Friends

15

"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater."

"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Adversity, Prosperity

15

"The Holy Bible is an abyss. It is impossible to explain how profound it is, impossible to explain how simple it is."

"The Holy Bible is an abyss. It is impossible to explain how profound it is, impossible to explain how simple it is."

Ernest Hello, French Critic

15

"Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris."

"Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris."

Thomas Gold Appleton, American Critic

American, Americans, Paris

15

"Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written."

"Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written."

Robert McChesney, American Critic

Journalism, News, Television

15

"The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint."

"The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint."

Lytton Strachey, English Critic

Genius, Clarity, Direction, Language

15

"We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration."

"We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration."

Irving Babbitt, American Critic

Leadership, Leaders, Romantic

15

"The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me... by newspapers and the Bible."

"The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me... by newspapers and the Bible."

Van Wyck Brooks, American Critic

Bible, Books, English

15

"Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made great comedies and they are still as funny today as they ever were."

"Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made great comedies and they are still as funny today as they ever were."

Leonard Maltin, American Critic

Fun, Funny, Shakespeare, Today, Years

15

"The people who have really made history are the martyrs."

"The people who have really made history are the martyrs."

Aleister Crowley, English Critic

History, People, Martyrs

15

"Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength."

"Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength."

Charles Lamb, English Critic

Strength, Credulity, Man, Weakness

15

"I think there is a way to be formal and elegant and classy, but more modern. Brad Pitt has been changing it, and Will Smith has been doing it in his own way."

"I think there is a way to be formal and elegant and classy, but more modern. Brad Pitt has been changing it, and Will Smith has been doing it in his own way."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

15

"No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women."

"No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women."

bell hooks, American Critic

Woman, Women, People, America, Existence

15

"Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life."

"Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Life, Art, Fact, Symbol

15

"No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it."

"No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it."

Andrea Dworkin, American Critic

Woman, Women, Needs

15

"Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite."

"Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Writing, Lying, Writer, Writers

15

"All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely."

"All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely."

Edmund Wilson, American Critic

15

"Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music."

"Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music."

Stanley Crouch, American Critic

Music, Punk, Rap

15

"Living simply makes loving simple."

"Living simply makes loving simple."

bell hooks, American Critic

Lifestyle, Simplicity, Love, Life, Relationship

15

"The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about."

"The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Concern, First, Man

15

"Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal."

"Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal."

Lionel Trilling, American Critic

Creativity, Artists

15

"It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods."

"It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Wisdom, Being, Force, Purity

15

"When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was as if the whole nation had burst into splendid flower."

"When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was as if the whole nation had burst into splendid flower."

Lytton Strachey, English Critic

Government, France, Maturity, Nation

15

"There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it."

"There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Nation, Country, Nothing, Will

15

"To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."

"To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Friendship, Love, Heart, Strength

15

"I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices."

"I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices."

Lester Bangs, American Critic

Music, England, Kids

15

"Barack Obama is a truly flabbergasting President. And in a good way - not the way some of his predecessors were. He's not flabberghastly. He's not the student who wears a button that says, 'Smartest kid in class,' but clearly he is, at least when surrounded by the White House press corps."

"Barack Obama is a truly flabbergasting President. And in a good way - not the way some of his predecessors were. He's not flabberghastly. He's not the student who wears a button that says, 'Smartest kid in class,' but clearly he is, at least when surrounded by the White House press corps."

Tom Shale, American Critic

Class, President, Press

15

"Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are."

"Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are."

Andrea Dworkin, American Critic

15

"The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends."

"The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Life, Men, Success, Ability

15

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