Applause Quotes · Page 10

Right after the assassination of Osama bin Laden, amid all the cheers and applause, there were a few critical comments questioning the…

— Noam Chomsky

One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.

— Horace

“I could see you drop dead this minute from paralysis of the brain cells and burst into uninhibited applause.”

— Dorothy Dunnett

You'll hear a lot of applause in your life, but none will mean more to you than that applause from your peers.…

— Andre Agassi

Beware [of] the investment activity that produces applause; the great moves are usually greeted by yawns.

— Warren Buffett

An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.

— John Updike

Oh, how thunderous the applause must be in Heaven, all those times we are mocked on earth for the sake of His…

— Mark Hart

“Those of you in the cheaper seats can clap your hands, and those of you in the balcony can just rattle your…

— John Lennon

The more you worry about being applauded by others and making money, the less you'll focus on doing the great work that…

— Robin Sharma

Who decides when the applause should die down? It seems like it's a group decision; everyone begins to say to themselves at…

— George Carlin

How many watched the President's speech last night? [half-hearted audience applause] How many watched American Idol ? [thundering applause] Okay, there you…

— Jay Leno

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when…

— Jose Marti

“The entire room exploded into applause, even a few whistles. I shook my after he kissed my forehead, and then stood up…

— Jamie McGuire

All one has to do to get one's stuff in the Congressional Record is to find a stenographer that can stay awake…

— Will Rogers

I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing…

— Elaine Paige

Those of you who speak only English, applaud [audience applause]. Those of you who speak only Spanish, applaud [audience applause]. [In mock…

— Gloria Estefan

Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys. but to move an audience in such a…

— Alicia Markova

Vanity, or to call it by a gentler name, the desire of admiration and applause, is, perhaps, the most universal principle of…

— Lord Chesterfield

Still, I also know that most people, including me, tend to applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint rather than…

— Chris Hadfield

And while I'm on the subject, let me say something about Harry Potter. [Gravels her voice.] Warlocks are enemies of God!! [Back…

— Becky Fischer

Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues,…

— H. L. Mencken

Only in the theatre was it possible to see the performers and to be warmed by their personal charm, to respond to…

— Robertson Davies

It is clear that the future of freedom and peace depend on the actions of America. This nation is freedom's home. We…

— George W. Bush

What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two…

— Barack Obama

Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.

— Ivor Novello

Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish much. In any relationship, they are the applause that refreshes.

— Steve Goodier

I don't like applause, I must admit. Ultimately, artists are shy creatures; they're introverts.

— Cat Stevens

“Scientist are human. Unraveling the knots of Nature's mysteries is a reward in itself; but even so, scientists like to hear the…

— Isaac Asimov

Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.

— John Lennon

I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.

— Brenda Lee

Like our title song “Clap”, I want to become a singer that receive the applause from all people.

— L.Joe

If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the public. But…

— Robert Montgomery

If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.

— Augustus

Try to exist even under hardest conditions! That is the effort which deserves the applauses most!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Occasionally if you do something extraordinary, the crew responds with spontaneous applause, but that's very rare.

— Claudia Christian

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without…

— Rudolf Bing

We want more people owning things in this country. Let me put it to you bluntly: In a changing world, we want…

— George W. Bush

I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months.

— Matthew Perry

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one…

— Anna Pavlova

I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession…

— Thucydides