Applause Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

— Edmund Burke

“An applause is not just the recognition of good performance, but its proof of being different than the crowd.”

— Amit Kalantri

applause, n. The echo of a platitude.

— Ambrose Bierce

As a performer, we look for applause.

— Sushmita Sen

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

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

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

— Emanuel Ax

It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause.

— David Hume

There is always a certain noise in applause: even in the applause we give ourselves.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

— Anonymous

Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.

— Sydney J. Harris

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

— Seth