Applause Quote by William Shenstone

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

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

— Edmund Burke

There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent.

— William Hazlitt

Applause is an instinctive, unconscious act expressing the sympathy between actors and audience. Just as our art demands more instinct than intellect in its…

— Ellen Terry

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

— C. C. H. Pounder

There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats.

— Ouida

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

— Seth

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause.

— Rudolf Bing

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

— Eddie Izzard

To be flattered is grateful, even when we know that our praises are not believed by those who pronounce them; for they prove, at…

— Samuel Johnson

Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.

— Artur Schnabel