I was always critiquing my work. I let everybody else around - producers, directors, other actors - they give the nod of… — Demetrius Shipp, Jr Copy Share Image
Fame has no necessary conjunction with praise; it may exist without the breath of a word: it is a recognition of excellence… — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan never did much to make abortion illegal. He did, however, deliver videotaped greetings, fulsome in praise for his hosts, to… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Excellent flatterers welcome attentive audiences; mighty potentates enjoy public praise. In the most pleasing situation, a flatterer would genuinely admire the flatteree,… — Willis Regier Copy Share Image
Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand. My eyes were… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“[Josiah P. Mendum memorial at Paine Hall] [He turned] the strait-laced Boston of sixty years ago [into] the enlightened Hub of today,… — Josiah P. Mendum Copy Share Image
The idea is not to do good because of the praise of men; but to do good because in doing good we… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
Praise be to Nero's Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn And everybody's shouting "Which Side Are You On?" And Ezra Pound and… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
You may wear your virtues as a crown, As you walk through life serenely, And grace your simple rustic gown With a… — Phoebe Cary Copy Share Image
The best worship that we ever render to God is far from perfect. Our praises, how faint and feeble they are! Our… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The greatest human virtue bears no proportion to human vanity. We always think ourselves better than we are, and are generally desirous… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Better to deserve praise without having it, than to have it without deserving it. — Ivan Panin Copy Share Image
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
I imagine it great vanity in me to suppose that the Supremely Perfect does in the least regard such an inconsiderable nothing… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
When you are happy, so happy you have no sense of needing Him, so happy that you are tempted to feel His… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When 'Midnight's Children' came out, people in the West tended to respond to the fantasy elements in the novel, to praise it… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When you play for India and also start performing, your fan base increases, the media highlights your performances. You feel a sense… — Yuzvendra Chahal Copy Share Image
Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
After eating, an epicure gives a thin smile of satisfaction; a gastronome, burping into his napkin, praises the food in a magazine;… — William Safire Copy Share Image
The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Journalists aren't supposed to praise things. It's a violation of work rules almost as serious as buying drinks with our own money… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
May our land be a land of liberty, the seat of virtue, the asylum of the oppressed, a name and a praise… — Joseph Warren Copy Share Image
Praise Roxane Gay for her big-hearted self-examining intelligence, for her inclusive and forgiving stance, for her courage and determination . . .… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
