Applause Quotes

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To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Applause was designed to bemuse and confuse you until it explodes into a chorus that reminds us why we love pop music. — Lady Gaga
Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause. — John Dryden
Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause. — Ben Jonson
Among the numerous pleasures of Vienna the hotel evenings are famous. During supper Strauss or Lanner play waltzes...After every waltz they get huge applause; and… — Frederic Chopin
Beware of your definition of success: If it has more to do with what other people think of you than it does with what you… — Joan D. Chittister
[W]ork at ridding yourself of the esteem you have had up to now for the glitter and sparkle of virtue and the vain applause of… — Vincent de Paul
All this is a dream to me. Everything, the applause, the fans asking for autographs, the trips, all that is a dream. — Selena
I began my first Cabinet meeting since the terrorist attacks. As I stepped into the room, the team broke out in sustained applause. I was… — George W. Bush
Apologizing for our past sins may reveal character and for a time lessen anti-Americanism abroad, but if it is done without acknowledging that the sins… — Victor Davis Hanson
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 many… — Heinrich Heine
We protest against unjust criticism but we accept unarmed applause. — Jose Narosky
There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen. — Plato
One picture in ten thousand, perhaps, ought to live in the applause of mankind, from generation to generation until the colors fade and blacken out… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise. — Walter Savage Landor
Nothing is so foolish, they say, as for a man to stand for office and woo the crowd to win its vote, buy its support… — Desiderius Erasmus
Every artist loves applause. The praise of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if we enjoy it, we naturally wants to receive it. And… — Saint John Chrysostom
If you don't compromise your gift, if you write each day as well as you can, and then submit your work and not worry about… — James Lee Burke
People come into public life for different reasons. None of us are ego-challenged, I think, or we probably wouldn't be doing what we're doing, so… — Evan Bayh

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