I'm much more interested in making people laugh than getting applause breaks. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I was at the Emmys, and someone told me that I'd gotten more applause than Brad Pitt. I said, 'Who's he?' — Rudy Boesch Copy Share Image
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“Polite applause filled the room. Only a single whoop echoed out, and Kat made a mental note to have a word with… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. — George Madison Adams Copy Share Image
I'll privily away; I love the people, But do not like to stage me to their eyes; Though it do well, I… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
All of the awards, applause, Twitter followers, shoes, it will all go away eventually. But if I can leave the world slightly… — Debby Ryan Copy Share Image
Humans cannot fly, but they can get the flying feeling. All they need to do is go out at night into a… — Hilary McKay Copy Share Image
I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
The effusions of genius are entitled to admiration rather than applause, as they are chiefly the effect of natural endowment, and sometimes… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
If solitude deprives of the benefit of advice, it also excludes from the mischief of flattery. But the absence of others' applause… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
One picture in ten thousand, perhaps, ought to live in the applause of mankind, from generation to generation until the colors fade… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
A lot of people say you've got all the loving in the world when you walk out on stage. But hell, that… — Patsy Cline Copy Share Image
I asked myself, 'How are you going to change all these people, they have different values, different customs, different language, different interpretations?'… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
“To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. Not even the ones holding betting slips, the… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“ He bantered us, challenged us, electrified us . . . At times his eloquence held us silent as images and some… — Hamlin Garland Copy Share Image
“The indescribable pleasure—which pales the rest of life's joys—is abundant compensation for the investigator who endures the painful and persevering analytical work… — Santiago Ramón y Cajal Copy Share Image
“too much acceptance destroys. so listen, my fine fellows and ladies, I am going to ignore your late applause, I intend to… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“It's about that applause I want to speak to you. I want you to remember that when you've done a little dance… — Noel Streatfeild Copy Share Image
Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
“At present, a good many men engaged in scientific pursuits, and who have signally failed in gaining recognition among their fellows, are… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
When you're up there on stage, it's applause that you want, not platitudes. — Liz Carr Copy Share Image
