#applause

To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#applause #demand #hinders #means #our

And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I learned so much from people like that. ↗

— Little Milton

#audience #because #give #i #know

For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.' ↗

— Olivia Munn

#applause #basketball #because #give #going

I always get more applause than votes. ↗

— Norman Thomas

#applause #get #i #i always #more

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#applause #audience #celebration #constitutes #delight

People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak lately in front of groups like Freedom House, where the applause was a long time coming. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#audiences #cheer #coming #freedom #front

I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way. ↗

— Gelsey Kirkland

#been #body #caught #dance #dancing

I need the applause. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#i #need

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. ↗

— Alec Waugh

#confident #desires #doubting #himself #his

Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#christianity #discipleship #honor #humility #respect