I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break.Elton John
I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.Johannes Kepler
If we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system, the packages would take 6 weeks to arrive, we would charge you a $100 delivery fee and when the package did finally arrive, it would have the wrong item in it anyway.Jeff Bezos
There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.Bjarne Stroustrup
Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.Ambrose Bierce
Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.Louise L. Hay
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.Theodore Roosevelt
Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.Zig Ziglar
Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!George Carlin
Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status.Gwyneth Paltrow
Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.Evita Peron
In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.Linus Torvalds
That a man built the biggest church in the world is not an issue, not something to be excited about. The people of Satan also have money to build a big place and worship him.T. B. Joshua
America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.Hunter S. Thompson
I've never really understood the criticism that climbing is inherently selfish, since it could equally be argued about virtually any other hobby or sport. Is gardening selfish?Alex Honnold
Good singing is learning how to transmit learning musical information with your voice in a way that everybody can relate to. But as a woman you just get a lot of criticism because everyone sees you like a raw lump of clay that needs some help.Weyes Blood
I didn't get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system.Huey Newton
I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn't actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle.Molly Ivins
The standard entertainment industry reaction to Hollywood's box office slump reveals the same shallow, materialistic mindset that helped create the problem in the first place.Michael Medved
We might imagine that Jesus had many human faults. He failed most humanly, in my reckoning, when he killed the fig tree just because it didn't bear any figs for his breakfast; that was a disgraceful, bad-tempered thing to do, and to try and make a virtue of it by saying it was a demonstration of faith only made things worse.Michael Leunig