Applause Quotes

317 quotes by 254 authors

My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and I thought it… — Kathy Bates
I always say the best applause you can get is when you walk from backstage up to your microphone at a concert. It's also nice… — Dierks Bentley
Applause, applause, life is our cause. — Joni Mitchell
But if applause throws off your timing, then you're not the kind of comedian I would like to see. All you have to do is… — Jay Mohr
I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life… — Gelsey Kirkland
Still, I also know that most people, including me, tend to applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint rather than the years of… — Chris Hadfield
Silence,--the applause of real and durable impressions. — Alphonse de Lamartine
With these shreds They vented their complainings, which being answered And a petition granted them, a strange one, To break the heart of generosity, And… — William Shakespeare
If thou couldst, doctor, cast The water of my land, find her disease, And purge it to a sound and pristine health, I would applaud… — William Shakespeare
I'll privily away; I love the people, But do not like to stage me to their eyes; Though it do well, I do not relish… — William Shakespeare
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices… — Seneca the Younger
A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
applause, n. The echo of a platitude. — Ambrose Bierce
The brave man seeks not popular applause, Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause; Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he can, Force is… — John Dryden
A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal — Roger L'Estrange
Temp'rate in every place--abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come; And health from either--he in time prepares For sickness, age, and… — George Crabbe
When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little. — Stephen Spender
It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause; for this may be done by one great or wise action in an age. But… — David Hume
That's the greatest applause that any person will ever receive in their life when it comes from their peers — Andre Agassi
I first felt successful when I was 13 and in a show called Seesaw. I came offstage and heard the applause of the theater audience… — Giancarlo Esposito

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