We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts. — Alfred Jarry Copy Share Image
“They've had the old clap-yo'-hands so many times it amounts to applause.” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“I could not believe this. I was going to be hacked to shreds to the accompaniment of applause.” — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
“An applause is not just the recognition of good performance, but its proof of being different than the crowd.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Magic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I appreciate your applause, but I don't do it for applause. I do it for cash, it's much better. — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
There's a huge difference between the shallow pleasure of instant applause and the long-lasting impact of true connection. — Seth Copy Share Image
“As a spectator I witnessed the applause given to the performer, so I decided to be the performer.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight. — John Charles Polanyi Copy Share Image
A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in… — Fielding H. Yost Copy Share Image
You don't go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that's benign conquest.… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
...people today are so accustomed to pretentious nonsense that they see nothing amiss in reading without understanding, and many of them at… — George Albert Wells Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the temporary applause of men, or the expressions of public opinion, it may be asserted without fear of contradiction,… — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
There's nothing nicer than getting a round of applause for turning up for work. It's amazing! You start work, and people clap.… — James Corden Copy Share Image
I think what maybe starts out when you're younger as being something about slightly showing off or being given applause because people… — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou has no name to be known by, let us call thee devil…O God, that… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Nice things are done for our own sake, not for the sake of others. The pleasure must reside in the performance, not… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
I've tried, at every step in life, to find a lesson. And accepting criticism with the same grace that you do the… — Dan Marino Copy Share Image
When we speak to drunkards, worldlings, or any ignorant, unconverted men, we disgrace them as in that condition to the utmost, and… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
The scent organ was playing a delightfully refreshing Herbal Capriccio - rippling arpeggios of thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle, tarragon;… — Aldous Huxley 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
When Sir Winton Turnbull [who represented a large rural seat] was raving and ranting on the adjournment and shouted: “I am a… — Gough Whitlam Copy Share Image
“In due course I would learn how to cover up for this event, but on that awful day I knew of nothing… — Karen Pryor Copy Share Image
Is success just about winning? Acclaim? Trophies? Wealth? Our personal happiness or satisfaction? I have been blessed to experience some of these… — Tom Osborne Copy Share Image
Vanity is really the least bad and most pardonable sort. The vain person wants praise, applause, admiration too much and is always… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image