Applause Quote by Seth

Applause abates diligence.

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Jim Gaffigan

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

— Anonymous

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath…

— Emanuel Ax

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

— Edmund Burke

Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.

— C. C. H. Pounder

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

It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause.

— David Hume

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

— Amit Kalantri

For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the…

— Randy West

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.

— Carol Channing

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

— Anonymous