Richard Ashcroft Quotes

When you put yourself out into the world and say, 'Hey, look at me,' you're going to get criticized.

People love to see public figures get taken down a notch, and by the same token, everyone loves to be the center of attention, even when there's a target on their forehead.

Whenever you do anything public, you open yourself up to be criticized.

I would never be on a reality show.

You put yourself in the public eye. You're kind of an open target.

To be famous is to stand on a pedestal and give the world permission to tell you all your flaws.

I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

With publicity comes humiliation.

People are gonna comment no matter what. If I dated the most clean-cut, perfect guy, they're gonna comment. That's just the way it is.

I took it personal. I got slammed quite a bit.

I think to be in exile is a curse, and you need to turn it into a blessing. You've been thrown into exile to die, really, to silence you so that your voice cannot come home. And so my whole life has been dedicated to saying, 'I will not be silenced.'

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

If your enemies see this picture of us together, I'm in big trouble.

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise

I am frequently attacked.

Being a swimsuit model that talks so much on Twitter... everyone thinks that I could definitely pull back. You kind of open yourself up to all the criticism. That's definitely a big downside to this whole world. How can you complain about people critiquing your body when you're literally like, 'Look at my body!'

When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there.

Some of the things written about me hurt, but there is nothing I can do about it.

I'm very sensitive to criticism, particularly when it's very, very personal.

It's not a nice thing to have a song written about you.

I have always fought for respect, I have always fought for survival, so fighting is nothing new to me.

I tried not to let all the criticism affect me, but it obviously does not go unnoticed.

When bombing is going on, you see a lot of people screaming around you and you can't do anything if you're small. You just want to break out of that and be strong.

Name me a person in public life who doesn't have critics. Especially women in public life.