Admired Quotes

401 Admired quotes by 366 unique authors

So I grew up in a very book-friendly environment and my education as a writer was reading. I think that's the best education. Reading, and… — Seth Grahame-Smith
I fantasised about F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' - I loved it, and then I read everything J. D. Salinger had to offer. Then… — Garrett Hedlund
My grandmother had great influence on me. She was secretary of state in the 1970's, and that's when I was born. She showed me the… — Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Elites quite naturally define as the most important and admired qualities for a citizen those on which they themselves have concentrated. — John Ralston Saul
I have long admired the visceral storytelling and moral complexity of John Vaillant’s brilliant non-fiction about humankind’s tragically ambivalent relationship with the natural world. Now… — John Burnham Schwartz
Modeling is always something I've really admired because I've seen my mum and sister do it. — Georgia May Jagger
Bill Clinton was a great politician. Bill Clinton loved a fight. He was willing to fight. But he also wanted to be loved. He wanted… — Robert Reich
I always felt from the beginning that you had to defend people you disliked and feared as well as those you admired. — Roger Nash Baldwin
Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired. — William Cowper
How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals are not admired. — Blaise Pascal
America is a land of big dreamers and big hopes. It is this hope that has sustained us through revolution and civil war, depression and… — Barack Obama
I think ties are great and Kathy Bates is an actress whose work I've admired tremendously over many years, and I feel a certain kinship… — Joan Allen
Art that wants to be felt does not have the need to be admired. — Walter Darby Bannard
Fashion has become a joke. The designers have forgotten that there are women inside the dresses. Most women dress for men and want to be… — Coco Chanel
Guileless and without vanity, we were still in love with ourselves then. We felt comfortable in our skins, enjoyed the news that our senses released… — Jim Morrison
Have the courage to be selfless in a world were such qualities are not admired. Dare to be differnt. Be crazy! — Frederick Lenz
I wasn't into fairytales when I was little. I was of the generation of the earlier Disney films where many of the female characters, with… — Angelina Jolie
The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public… — Criss Jami
I've always felt that, although Truffaut was greatly revered and admired, at the same time, in terms of film and how much he loved film,… — Nicolas Roeg
I've always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They'd start with a single… — Nicolas Roeg
I've never been in love with Marcello [Mastroianni]. I wasn't even attracted to him physically. I admired him. I followed him and supported him, but… — Giovanna Cau
The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero. — Dawn French
I first learned that there were black people living in some place called other than the United States in the western hemisphere when I was… — Henry Louis Gates
There's no reason to keep a piece of furniture in your house that is so sacred and rare that you can't put your feet up… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Growing up in Memphis, I have always admired St. Jude's for the magnificent work they do. — Ginnifer Goodwin

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