We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts. (Quote by - Alfred Jarry)

Nothing is so foolish, they say, as for a man to stand for office and woo the crowd to win its vote, buy its support with presents, court the applause of all those fools and feel self-satisfied when they cry their approval, and then in his hour of triumph to be carried round like an effigy for the public to stare at, and end up cast in bronze to stand in the market place. (Quote by - Erasmus)

From self alone expect applause. (Quote by - Marion L. Burton)

With these shreds They vented their complainings, which being answered And a petition granted them, a strange one, To break the heart of generosity, And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon, Shouting their emulation. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

O Popular Applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms? (Quote by - William Cowper)

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people. (Quote by - Judy Garland)

I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I'm about to get. (Quote by - Bo Diddley)

Popular applause veers with the wind. (Quote by - John Bright)

To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theatre. It lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment. (Quote by - Anna Pavlova)

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . (Quote by - Dale Carnegie)

Fare ye well, and give us your applause. (Quote by - Terence)

If thou couldst, doctor, cast The water of my land, find her disease, And purge it to a sound and pristine health, I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud you again. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause; for this may be done by one great or wise action in an age. But to escape censure a man must pass his whole life without saying or doing one ill or foolish thing (Quote by - David Hume)

We protest against unjust criticism, but we accept unearned applause. (Quote by - Jose Narosky)

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping. (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)

A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal (Quote by - Sir Roger L'Estrange)

That's the greatest applause that any person will ever receive in their life when it comes from their peers (Quote by - Andre Agassi)

A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it. (Quote by - Bob Dylan)

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation. (Quote by - Edmund Burke)

When you can be your own best audience and when your applause is the best applause you know of, yo re in good shape. (Quote by - L. Ron Hubbard)

O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should, with joy, pleas-ance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts! (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months (Quote by - Matthew Perry)

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause. (Quote by - Rudolf Bing)