Applause Quotes

317 quotes by 254 authors

Old men need applause too. — Don Everly
Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter. — Ivor Novello
Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in… — Emanuel Ax
I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can. — Brenda Lee
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 much… — Little Milton
The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me. — Martin Yan
Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty. — Emanuel Ax
Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause. — Rudolf Bing
I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months. — Matthew Perry
There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause. — Lynn Abbey
When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause. — Ruth Brown
As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that was a sort of communal embrace.… — Lance Morrow
I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to… — Emanuel Ax
I'd get more applause than some because I was just seventeen. If they didn't clap at the end of my act I would limp off… — Jim Dale
People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak… — Gwen Ifill
Those who turn against the Church do so to play to their own private gallery, but when, one day, the applause has died down and… — Neal A. Maxwell
To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause… — Anna Pavlova
Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared… — Pope Benedict XVI
We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our… — Julia Ward Howe
I would like to be going all over the kingdom...and acting everywhere. There's nothing in the world equal to seeing the house rise at you,… — Charles Dickens

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