Applause Quote by David Hume

It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause; for this may be done by one great or wise action in an age.…

— David Hume

Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves.

— Richard Whately

Applause abates diligence.

— Samuel Johnson

If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely, beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by…

— Joaquin Phoenix

There's a huge difference between the shallow pleasure of instant applause and the long-lasting impact of true connection.

— Seth

My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it

— Anonymous

anybody's applause is better than nobody's.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Well, I think if more people had more applause, it would make them feel better. I often give my wife a round of applause.…

— Tom Baker

I appreciate your applause, but I don't do it for applause. I do it for cash, it's much better.

— Eddie Izzard

I'm much more interested in making people laugh than getting applause breaks.

— Jim Gaffigan

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

— Edmund Burke

Flattery of the verbal kind is gross. In short, applause is of too coarse a nature to be swallowed in the gross, though the…

— William Shenstone