I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval. — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses. — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
Our desire for approval can only truly be met by receiving God’s acceptance and approval of us. — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Parents want their kids’ approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents’ approval. — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
I think they're more looking at these two candidates. It's a band of voters with which neither candidate has very high approval… — Bill Burton Copy Share Image
I would not have discredited every one of their compliments. It was your approval I wanted, your congratulations. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is a city of kickbacks. A desert city of greased palms. A place where a $20 bill can buy approval,… — Nicholas Pileggi Copy Share Image
Winning means some kind of approval of the Establishment which means people will more readily accept me, may be less frightened of… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
It is completely in accord with the etatist thinking prevalent everywhere today to consider a theory to be finally disposed of merely… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Whenever I talk to anyone I care about, I am always seeking approval. There is always a pleading lilt in my voice… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
God has levels of willing and delighting. He wills and delights in things in different ways so that approval and disapproval can… — John Piper Copy Share Image
As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I really don't mind what people assume about me. I really think that my brain is my private thing. I don't need… — Alice Eve Copy Share Image
“Save your shaming for the girl, Doctor. If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.” He turned… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it… — John Boyd Orr Copy Share Image
The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
To take the place of emigration, and with the prior approval of the Führer, the evacuation of the Jews to the East… — Reinhard Heydrich Copy Share Image
One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Thoughts mold your features. Thoughts lift your soul heavenward or drag you toward hell. … As nothing reveals character like the company… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
I am not sure that I know enough about the pre-history of 9/11 to agree or disagree. But I did think at… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tested,… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
If we are to achieve long-range goals, we must learn to set up and accomplish short-range goals that will move us along… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Many a young lady does not realize just how strong her love for a young man is until he fails to pass… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Note that acceptance is different from approval. Acceptance is simply saying, “It is so.” — Margie Warrell Copy Share Image
“Find yourself first…like yourself first…love yourself FIRST…& friendship & love will naturally find YOU.” — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image
Shut your eyes so the heart may become your eye, and with that vision look upon another world. If you can step… — Rumi Copy Share Image
When I was younger, before I was married and had children, I really was nit-picky, a perfectionist. I was very much into… — Nia Peeples Copy Share Image
MSNBC policy requires journalists to report any potential conflict of interest and to seek approval from the president of NBC News before… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of an individual… — Alfred Binet Copy Share Image
Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go of the need for approval. Let go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His… — Dan Burton Copy Share Image
I got a note from my mom, and she said, 'You finally arrived. You've been nominated in the same category with Christopher… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
Politicians in their hubris who believe they can ignore debt or wish it away are sorely disappointed - as we see now… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
My dad taught me swears when I was a toddler, and I saw, at a really early age, that if I shocked… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
“I triumph and rejoice that my action should have obtained your approval; nor am I disturbed when I hear it said that… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
I do not yet know if I will find a Romney presidency more acceptable on foreign policy. But I do know that… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I hosted the Producer's Guild Awards, and it went well, and I was very happy in the moment, and it was a… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. There is nothing more satisfying than that sense of being completely "at home"… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Embrace fanaticism. Harness joie de vivre by pursuing insane interests, consuming passions, and constant sources of gratification that do not depend on… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
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