Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government…

— Annie Jacobsen

we need not avoid our active lives, but simply bring to them a new vision and shift of gravity. for in the center we…

— Sue Monk Kidd

Lean too much on the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns

— Tehyi Hsieh

But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have…

— Jay Roach

Growing up in that fashion is a breeding ground for insecurity and doubt; it also leaves you questioning motives. It took me a long…

— Damon Runyon

A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the supreme court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had…

— George W. Bush

Approval is a greater motivator than disapproval, but we have to disapprove on occasion when we correct. It’s necessary. I make corrections only after…

— John Wooden

These days people are mean to people just because they don't like the way they look. No-one should be hated because of their flaws.

— Sonya Parker

I got this emptiness inside that got me fighting for approval because I missed out on my daddy saying, Way to Go.

— Lecrae

My dad taught me swears when I was a toddler, and I saw, at a really early age, that if I shocked people, I…

— Roseanne Barr

If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to…

— Alan Dershowitz

Whenever you are too worried about someone else's approval, that person loses respect for you.

— Sherry Argov

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval.

— Oscar Wilde

Do you really mean the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward? That's not morality, that's just…

— Richard Dawkins

Have the self-confidence to say no when it is necessary and the strength to stand alone. Give yourself the approval to love and respect…

— Jackie Olson