Applause Quote by Carol Channing Download Open image “Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.” — Carol Channing ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Applause Appreciation Duty Important Laughter Rewards
I'm much more interested in making people laugh than getting applause breaks. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Well, I think if more people had more applause, it would make them feel better. I often give my wife a round of applause.… — Tom Baker Copy Share Image
I've always accepted applause as making me feel worthwhile. I hope I die being applauded. Just put a chaise longue under me and let… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty. — Emanuel Ax Copy Share Image
Humor is the most honest of emotions. Applause for a speech can be insincere, but with humor, if the audience doesn't like it there's… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee. — C. C. H. Pounder Copy Share Image
Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage. — Erma Bombeck 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
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
My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The distinction between male and female will never stop existing. We are not alike, and I wouldn't want to be. — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
I don't hate Charles. I just want my life to count for something. Everyone thinks I just walked out on a paralyzed man. But… — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
I just never had time to follow sports. When you're working as often as I was, eight shows a week, you just don't have… — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
I can't understand people missing a show because they're sick: They've missed their best performance. You have an obstacle to overcome, and you reach… — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
It's a terrible thing to admit, but I'm not sure I know what Women's Lib is. — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
I've gone on in a wheelchair. Another performance I did with no voice - and I had to apologize to the audience and whisper. — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
My clothes are an extension of my personality. I'd look awful in ladylike dresses. — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
I've never understood the use of vulgar language, but the definition of 'risque' is open to interpretation. I suppose I did many things in… — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
I am finally a lady of leisure, and it suits me fine. For the first time in almost 10 decades, I don't have an… — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
At first I felt terrible, then I realized... that no matter what I do the rest of my life... I'll never do anything as… — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
He wrote himself into the role of Dolly. Dolly was hilariously funny and didn't know it. And that's what Thornton Wilder was. He was… — Carol Channing 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
All the shows we did pre-airdate, and I'd come out - "Rob Lowe!" - and it was [Offers bored applause.] After the show aired?… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
“Those who do soul work, who want the searing truth more than solace or applause, know each other right away. Those who want something… — Rumi Copy Share Image
It is clear that the future of freedom and peace depend on the actions of America. This nation is freedom's home, and freedom's defender.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
If anyone ever boos you off stage, that is simply applause from ghosts. — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
“A magician must always value his magic effects more than himself, because after few years audience may not remember his name but they will… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The beauteous dragonfly's dancing By the waves of the rivulet glancing; She dances here and she dances there, The glimmering, glittering flutterer fair. Full… — Heinrich Heine 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 learned so… — Little Milton Copy Share Image
When you hear bacon cooking....that sizzling sound isn't the fat cooking....that's applause. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image