Applause Quotes

317 quotes by 252 authors

I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete â€” that's what scares me. That's why… — J D Salinger
For official record, announce instructor, the state requires no epic hero. No strive achieve personal celebrity of spotlight and applause. Lectures instructor, the state desires… — Chuck Palahniuk
Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made… — Richard Francis Burton
Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage! — Ben Jonson
The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other… — Thomas Merton
Fiordland, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the south-west corner of South Island, New Zealand, is one of the most astounding pieces of… — Douglas Adams
So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says… — Suzanne Collins
You get a good review, and itâ€™s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally… — Alexandra Bracken
It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause — David Hume
You just said you were sorry." ... "I was only apologizing," he said stiffly, "for startling you. The applause was to compliment you on the… — Meg Cabot
Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we're still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on… — Margaret Atwood
We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause. — Steven Pressfield
You must be prepared to work always without applause. — Ernest Hemingway
To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. Not even the ones holding betting slips, the ones who are… — Suzanne Collins
When we are passionately in love with our Prince, we put Him above all else--not just in theory, but also practically, in every moment of… — Leslie Ludy
Droplets, droplets: We are all identical drips and drops of people, hovering, waiting to be tipped, waiting for someone to show us the way, to… — Lauren Oliver
Chandresh relishes reactions. Genuine reactions, not mere polite applause. He often values the reactions over the show itself. A show without an audience is nothing,… — Erin Morgenstern
Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the… — Jonathan Edwards
Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends… — Charlie Chaplin
If anyone ever boos you off stage, that is simply applause from ghosts. — Sharon Needles

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