Applause Quotes

317 quotes by 257 authors

Is success just about winning? Acclaim? Trophies? Wealth? Our personal happiness or satisfaction? I have been blessed to experience some of these over the years,… — Tom Osborne
I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when… — Elaine Paige
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will… — Charles Caleb Colton
Charity wins awards and applause, but joining the poor gets you killed.Â People do not get crucified for charity.Â People are crucified for living out… — Shane Claiborne
Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf — Elias Canetti
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when… — Alec Waugh
Applause is a constant thing in AA. It's how we buy drinks for each other. — Augusten Burroughs
When Sir Winton Turnbull [who represented a large rural seat] was raving and ranting on the adjournment and shouted: â€œI am a Country memberâ€. I… — Gough Whitlam
I asked myself, 'How are you going to change all these people, they have different values, different customs, different language, different interpretations?' So thatâ€™s the… — Jacque Fresco
There may be no trumpet sound or loud applause when we make a right decision, just a calm sense of resolution and peace. — Gloria Gaither
The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I… — Leni Riefenstahl
You can tell by the applause: There's perfunctory applause, there's light applause, and then there's real applause. When it's right, applause sounds like vanilla ice… — Skitch Henderson
If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the public. But never, never believe… — Robert Montgomery
The Renaissanceâ€¦ was based on a new idea of the importance of the individual. But this was a fragile foundation, because individuals depended on constant… — Theodore Zeldin
The applause of the audience is short-lived. When calls resound for an encore, we are called to direct our attention to our Master. — Dillon Burroughs
Nice things are done for our own sake, not for the sake of others. The pleasure must reside in the performance, not in the applause.… — Sydney J. Harris
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
We should welcome applause whenever it comes. — Emanuel Ax
All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us! — Emanuel Ax
The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten. — Warren Cuccurullo

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257 authors contributed a total of 317 Applause Quotes, led by these top contributors: