#approval

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#become #child #criticism #important #important tools

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#always #approval #children #continue #expect

With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#below #congress #faith #leadership #lost

President Bush has said that he does not need approval from the UN to wage war, and I'm thinking, well, hell, he didn't need the approval of the American voters to become president, either. ↗

— David Letterman

#approval #become #bush #does #either

My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#business #disapproval #father #his #interest

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout. ↗

— Melvin Maddocks

#boy #boy scout #congressional #finn #giving

First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#been #corporate #declines #down #economic

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#approval #arms #been #empires #force

I think it is vital to fight to do something you want to do despite not gaining your community's or your friends' approval. ↗

— Archie Panjabi

#community #despite #fight #friends #gaining

If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#bad #banned #because #believe #church