#praised

When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn that in. I got praised for my imagination. ↗

— Ahmet Zappa

#got #had #i #imagination #just

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#cannot #god #i #praised #time

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas? ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#ever #fleas #his #praised

I was praised in the U.S. and heavily, brutally criticized in France. ↗

— Christine Lagarde

#criticized #france #heavily #i #praised

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#acquire #admittedly #always #common #common thing

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#himself #his #making #man #many

Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#human #human rights #more #much #praised

George Bush, Dick Cheney, every one of the speakers praised John Kerry's war record. No one said he was unfit. They said he has terrible judgment, and that's his record as a senator. Nobody questioned his military record. ↗

— Peter King

#cheney #dick cheney #every #george #george bush

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#authorities #beyond #common #common sense #convinced

If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great. You should be praised for having opened the debate and having asked the right questions. ↗

— Oliver Stone

#asked #debate #excited #get #great