Admire Quotes · Page 24

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Nobody admires anyone else without qualification. If they do they're after an image, not a person.

— Scott Lynch

I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.

— Charles Olson

The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.

— Anonymous

I admire [Samuel] Beckett, but I am totally against him. He seeks no improvement.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

— Miranda Hart

I admire JLo because she succeeded in breaking through and harmonizing two different cultures.

— Mia Goth

Our culture rightly admires risk-takers, but we need our 'heed-takers' more than ever.

— Susan Cain

I met Charlie Trotter before I actually saw him in person; I was 24 when I first opened the pages of Charlie's…

— Marcus Samuelsson

He is the very Janus of poets; he wears almost everywhere two faces; and you have scarce begun to admire the one,…

— John Dryden

I think the tragedy of Barack Obama's presidency is that although a lot of people around the world really admire Barack Obama…

— Peter Beinart

Of the modern critics, although I disagree with almost everything she says, I admire Mary McCarthy's eloquence and social observation in 'Sights…

— John Lahr

The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If…

— James Weldon Johnson

I pretty much admire anybody who has the discipline and the will to make a career out of fighting. It takes buckets…

— Katie Kitamura

David Ortiz is almost like a superhero. The type of love that he gives and everything, the positivity that's around him -…

— Jaylen Brown

I think Chrissy Teigen takes great care of her skin. And so does Hailey Baldwin. They don't wear a ton of makeup.…

— Madison Beer

I'm lucky to have met Nicolas Ghesquiere, the creative director of Vuitton. He understands me and knows me, and I admire his…

— Brigitte Macron

I profoundly admire Aldous Huxley, both for his philosophy and uncompromising sincerity. But I disagree with his advocacy of 'the chemical opening…

— Arthur Koestler

As the Deity has given us Greeks all other blessings in moderation, so our moderation gives us a kind of wisdom which…

— Solon

Some of the stories I admire seem to zero in on one particular time and place. There isn't a rule about this.…

— Alice Munro

Kinzie smiled smugly. “You admire our base of operations? Yes, our distribution system is worldwide. It took many years and most of…

— Rick Riordan

Why, when we know that there's no such thing as perfect, do most of us spend an incredible amount of time and…

— Brené Brown

The most effective tool I have to work with artists I admire is to point to other artists that I admire and…

— Jason Blum

When men evaluate each other as men, they still look for the same virtues that they'd need to keep the perimeter. Men…

— Jack Donovan

I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the…

— Casey Stengel

I admire Turgenev, Camus, Proust and Shakespeare, but I've also learnt a lot about writing from composers and artists.

— Hisham Matar

I couldn't help but see; I wasn't blind. I couldn't help but admire; I wasn't dead

— Lori Handeland

I admire the hell out of her. You can't have sex with someone you admire.

— Jerry Seinfeld

The need for heroes, to admire them, to be inspired by them, runs deep in our cultural and social make-up.

— Clive Lewis

Qualities of Good Citizens... is to admire what others have created in love and faith

— Anonymous

I tend to admire dead people more than the living. All too often, human reality diminishes the glowing reputation.

— William Boyd

I admire those people who hold on to their elegance in old age but I'd rather have fun.

— Heather Graham

Don't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story.

— Ben Bova

I respect her, admire her and adore her. For she is my love, my life, one day my wife and mother to…

— From The Man I Love

That love motivates you to cooperate, respect, appreciate, cherish, and admire that person.

— John Gray

The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.

— Edgar Allan Poe

You could love your crazy people, even admire them, instead of resenting that they're not self-sufficient.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I feed on art more than I ever do on photographs. I can admire photography, but I wouldn't go to it out…

— Irving Penn

We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it

— Anonymous

You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.

— Tove Jansson