Professional Opinion Quotes

In the past, I've been lucky enough to receive some high praise, but when the experts have a go, I'm usually not particularly interested in what they have got to say.

I'll trust an attorney before I'll trust a doctor.

Who are critics? Do they know about music? Have they proved themselves in the field? I remember, when we came up with the music of 'Dil Chahta Hai,' some of the critics said that the songs sounded like jingles.

I don't even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.

Well, I'm not a critic, I'm just a worker. So, I'm always grateful for anything the critics say - good or bad.

Professional opinion is skeptical about anything that doesn't fit in with the version of reality it has been programmed to believe in. The skepticism comes from a lack of understanding and the need to defend the status quo and not from actual knowledge of the subject.

An expert gives an objective view. He gives his own view.

My last film as director, the National Award winning 'Zakhm,' barely managed to break even. So why should I listen to so-called sensibilities of a handful of critics?

When I am on E! for the 'Fashion Police,' I only care about being a critic. It loses me many friends.

Now, I'm no doctor, but I am on TV. And in my professional opinion, George W. Bush is a paranoid schizophrenic. ...

There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie.

A film cannot make it into the culture without the support of critics.

Don't expect Barton Biggs to be offering his market insights on 'Bloomberg News' anytime soon. His plumber, maybe.

To me, a critic is someone who gets paid for their opinion, and they're entitled to that opinion but I don't really put a lot of stock into their opinion. I'm going to cut the kind of records and the kind of songs that I like, and the kind of things that I enjoy doing. If critics dig it, that's fine, if they don't, that's fine.

Will Doctor Franklin be so good as to peruse it and suggest such alterations as his more enlarged view of the subject will dictate?

Doctors are not always right, but they are there to help.

I might defend the reviewing trade, but a handful of haughty hired hands no longer having the last word on books is not a bad thing.

As well consult a butcher on the value of vegetarianism as a doctor on the worth of vaccination.

Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them.

I'm not going to worry about the critics until some of my peers start saying I'm a softie.

I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.

Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant.

My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too.

Judge [Samuel] Alito enjoys the support and respect of the people who work with him, practice with him and, therefore, know him best.

I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.