We’ve all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You’re not allowed to criticise it.
You don’t criticise Totti in Italy. There might have been reasons to, sometimes, but you don’t touch him.
There are lots of things one can criticise about the European parliament, but it does work pretty well in terms of the speed with which you can vote, the fact that there’s room to sit, the fact that there are offices when you arrive.
There’s an elusive element to comedy, but nobody gets it for free. That’s why comedians seldom criticise each other.
Women exist in my imagination. So they are necessarily a type of abstraction. Many women criticise me for this vision, but I explain to them it’s to be expected, because I am a man.
My obligation is to the owners of Barclays, my shareholders. They hired me. People who criticise compensation for individuals in isolation at, say, BarCap, individuals who don’t work in the U.K. and are competing with U.S., German or Asian banks, they should look at all these factors.
There will always be people who will criticise you without knowing the facts.
I haven’t done great things for Spain – I can’t lie – but when I play well, they should say so. They criticise me for my character, but I also have quality.
I’m not a cribber, or someone who criticises. People who criticise are not doers. I’m a doer.
There’s a lot of misunderstanding out there, particularly in the difference between religion and culture. For example, I hear people criticise Islam for arranged marriages, but that’s nothing to do with Islam. It is the culture in some places, but it’s actually against Islam.
You have no right to criticise Russia over Chechnya.
I don’t criticise anybody, but I just don’t understand religion. Like I don’t understand nationalism. These are the two things that cause wars. I don’t understand why they are supposed to be good things.
Every voter has a right to criticise a government and comment on its functioning.
I wouldn’t criticise Carlo Ancelotti.
Criticism really used to hurt me. Most of these critics are usually frustrated artists, and they criticise other people’s art because they can’t do it themselves. It’s a really disgusting job. They must feel horrible inside.
Andrew Symonds went on TV to criticise my leadership. I’m sorry, but he is not a person to judge anyone on leadership.
I do think that it’s unfair to criticise anyone if they are having a bad day.
I have always said we are going to play well and we going to play badly. And I have not got issues when people criticise as long as we don’t play well. That’s part and parcel of the game. I love it and that’s how it should be.
People can criticise all day long, I think I’ve proven myself, I think I deliver. And I agree, box office does not mean a movie’s good, but I feel like I’m making good movies and I’m delivering in box office.
No manager in the world gets good results all the time and you know there’s people always ready to have a snipe. In fact I’m my own biggest critic, I really am. Because my own standards are so high, I criticise myself behind the scenes more than perhaps I should, according to people who know me well.
I don’t like to criticise referees because I believe it is a very complicated job, and what they do is very beneficial for football.
In the past, the U.S. was the centre of the world, where everything was happening. I think my stories have always sought to question this, maybe even criticise it.
I find it quite unusual for people to criticise me for doing what I consider to be my duty.
When people criticise you, you’ve got to listen to that criticism, and to learn from it, which I’ve tried to do.
When I was in the PMO, Digvijaya Singh used to call me whenever he wanted to see the PM. He used to go through me. He is under compulsion to criticise me, but I am under no compulsion to criticise him.
I don’t like to criticise referees, because I believe it is a very complicated job.
I would say each day I’m still growing and still learning, but negatives, obviously they’re always going to criticise me for my goals and assists, which I need to add to my game if I want to be compared with the people I’m playing with.
It takes a lot of guts to jump. If people criticise, I would give them a set of skis and say, ‘Do it yourself then.’
I know first-hand what it’s like to be judged and to have someone criticise your creativity, your hard work and your art.
People can say I’ve not scored enough goals, but you see the best strikers on the wing in a four-man midfield and see if they score goals. Nobody can really criticise my finishing because they don’t really see me playing in a forward position too often.
In life it is easier to criticise people than be out there doing it yourself.
The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
I know people will criticise when you play bad; that is part of this job, and I am fine with that. That is not a problem. The problem is the insults. That is what hurts the most.
Our country has backed us so much. People who love you so much can criticise you as well.
I wouldn’t want to criticise someone like Charlotte Church because she has done fantastically well, but personally I’ve always cared about the long term.
Nowadays, it has become a custom to criticise the BJP for everything.
I don’t want to criticise my country, but there are times I feel Sting and myself have been treated unkindly.
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