Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty. — Emanuel Ax Copy Share Image
The absence of romance from my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
I completely understand why a businessman would fire me from 'Saturday Night Live'. Because he was seeing Jay Leno kill 10 minutes… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
The applause of the audience is short-lived. When calls resound for an encore, we are called to direct our attention to our… — Dillon Burroughs Copy Share Image
There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
One might feel indignant at the injustice which deals out what is called fame with so unequal a hand, were it not… — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Americans respect talent only insofar as it leads to fame, and we reserve our most fervent admiration for famous people who destroy… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Every artist loves applause. The praise of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Copy Share Image
It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause; for this may be done by one great or wise action in… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes… — Martin Yan Copy Share Image
The Renaissance… was based on a new idea of the importance of the individual. But this was a fragile foundation, because individuals… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent… — Alec Waugh Copy Share Image
“Then he commandeered the floor, shooting back and forth like some hot Latin lover. When he finished, everyone applauded. He could have… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Among the numerous pleasures of Vienna the hotel evenings are famous. During supper Strauss or Lanner play waltzes...After every waltz they get… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader. — Horace Copy Share Image
Affectation proceeds from one of these two causes,--vanity or hypocrisy; for as vanity puts us on affecting false characters, in order to… — Henry Fielding 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
Those who turn against the Church do so to play to their own private gallery, but when, one day, the applause has… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Some guns were fired to give notice that the departure of the balloon was near. ... Means were used, I am told,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
God gave music the power to carry his light into the darkness. That’s a mighty privilege. It means intentionally telling stories and… — Andrew Peterson Copy Share Image
