Part of me would love to have been a leading lady because there's a lot of glamour that goes with that and… — Selma Blair Copy Share Image
Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty. — Emanuel Ax Copy Share Image
When you hear bacon cooking…that sizzling sound isn't the fat cooking…that's applause. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“No matter how many times audience has already applauded, the sound of their applause will get louder with the better quality of… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Concerto soloists need applause. Though virtue is said to be its own reward, no one ever said that about virtuosity.” — Joseph Kerman Copy Share Image
My advice wouldn't be good to anybody. I don't see it really being greeted with thunderous applause. — Lemmy Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding… — Emanuel Ax Copy Share Image
“A successful person expects a clapping hand, an ailing person expects an open hand.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“astonishment or admiration: “Wow!” he cried enthusiastically. n. a sensational success: your play's a wow. v. [trans.] impress and excite… — Oxford University Press Copy Share Image
Sound, sound the trump of Fame! Let Washington's great name Ring through the world with loud applause; Let every clime to Freedom… — Joseph Hopkinson 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
As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that was a sort… — Lance Morrow Copy Share Image
My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and… — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
The hardest thing is to endure the applause of fools, and patiently suffer the booing, while with the bravissimo of the foolish… — Carl Maria von Weber Copy Share Image
“I became aware of applause. It seemed natural. I had been living in the world of romantic comedy and this was the… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
To be forward to praise others implies either great eminence, that can afford to, part with applause; or great quickness of discernment,… — William Hazlitt 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
“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
“ He bantered us, challenged us, electrified us . . . At times his eloquence held us silent as images and some… — Hamlin Garland 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
“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
When you are very successful, you fly at the very high altitudes and up there you long for to be applauded by… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“Well, are you not going to give the man a round of applause?" he asked. "I mean, that was fucking amazing, didn't… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
Campaigns are fun. Campaigns are police escorts, they're airplanes, they're crowds, they're balloons, they're bands, a lot of fun. You speak in… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Applause lavished at a whim and without discernment, often proves the ruin of young people training for a stage career. — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
“If you are a magician then you can always do a lot more magic than you think you can.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“To Frost House," I said. "To Frost House," they echoed. We clunked mugs and drank, to the applause of a deep rumble… — Marianna Baer Copy Share Image
Too liberal self-accusations are generally but so many traps for acquittal with applause. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen. — Plato Copy Share Image
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. — Carol Channing 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
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
The most remarkable moment is when you go out on the stage and you hear the applause of the audience! — Mireille Mathieu Copy Share Image
And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I… — Little Milton Copy Share Image
I understand the fans, I respect them. I'll accept the whistling and booing. It's up to me to transform that all into… — Leonardo Bonucci Copy Share Image
Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image