Andy Kaufman Quotes

If they [peple] really hate you, that means you're doing something right.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.

If you're getting a lot of flack, you're right on target.

Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime.

It's often the case that successful people invite criticism.

Duke has a lot of haters, but I know it means you're doing something right if they're hating you.

Every time you go for more competition, some people don't like it, but that's the way it is.

There's always a backlash when you challenge people's convictions and their heroes.

I've gotten resistance for my entire career.

When you become successful in any type of life, there are people who are not contributing to the motion.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

There's backlash about everything I do.

People hate us for showing stuff, and they hate us when we say, 'Fine, we won't show it anymore.'

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

There are some people who hate my guts. But that goes with the territory.

I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That's something I'm very proud of, actually.

I wouldn't think I was successful if I didn't have just as many people hate me as support me.

When you get haters you actually feel like you're a success.

I measure the impact I make by how harsh the attacks are. The harsher the attacks, the better I am doing.

When I was in my heyday, of course I had those who hated me. They were supposed to hate the opposition. But it's good, though. It feels good.

Coming off all my wins I had a lot of criticism.

My defense is a criticism, but we won a national championship at Duke, so it wasn't that bad.

Success is always the best answer to critics.

We're very aware that you cannot please everybody and that there's going to be backlash. There will always be backlash.