#admiration

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#breed #contempt #edge #familiarity #may

We were probably the last people in the country to get a VCR and we didn't have cable. There wasn't any admiration of glamour, no, 'I want to look like them or have that lifestyle', because everyone in my town had the same lifestyle. So I didn't think, 'Ooh, a movie star's birthday!' I just thought, 'What?' ↗

— Christina Hendricks

#any #because #birthday #cable #country

If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#ahead #get #get married #give #go

The lot of the bride to be wed before bed desired until rotten. The lot of the author to be read before bed admired then forgotten. ↗

— Roman Payne

#authors #brides #desire #funny #humor

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#discretion #fluency #great #orator #our

The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#asks #believed #never #poet #wants

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#always #apparent #difficulty #ease #fine

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#daughter #ignorance

Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ↗

— Ann Landers

#admiration #conclusive #dog #evidence #know

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ↗

— Ann Landers

#accept #admiration #conclusive #dog #evidence