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Applause Quotes
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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)