Quotes About Admiration

Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are a bourbon biscuit.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers.

He tolerates no other enemy than one in whom nothing is to be despised and a great deal is worthy of respect!

That poem was not by me. It is among the things which quite overpower me; I have never been able to read it without tears coming to my eyes; it sounds like a voice for which I have been waiting and waiting since childhood. The poem is by my friend Lou... She is as shrewd as an eagle and brave as a lion, and yet still a very girlish child, who perhaps will not live long.

Ich liebe die großen Verachtenden, weil sie die großen Verehrenden sind und Pfeile der Sehnsucht nach dem andern Ufer.

There is an innocence in admiration: it occurs in one who has not yet realized that they might one day be admired.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not honour more.

When Whistler was complimented on the portrait of his mother, he said, "You know how it is; one tries to make one's Mummy just as nice as he can.

When Whistler was complimented on the portrait of his mother, he said, "You know how it is; one tries to make one's Mummy just as nice as he can." When God became Man, He too, I believe, would make His Mother as nice as He could—and that would make her a perfect Mother.

Si vous parcouriez la France, que de merveilles vous admireriez dans l'industrie des hommes, à côté des beautés de la nature!

I became simply a pair of eyes, staring through my mask at Char. I needed no ears because I was too far off to hear his voice, no words because I was too distant for speech, and no thoughts - those I saved for later. He bent his head. I loved the hairs on the nape of his neck. He moved his lips. I admired their changing shape. He clasped his hand. I blessed his fingers. Once, the power of my gaze drew his eyes...

The chasm that separates our contemporary admiration and high regard for Kahlo and her achievements from the artist's own scathing self-denigration is but one of numerous gaps and contradictions that riddle the story – indeed stories – of Frida Kahlo.

I've said this: If Jim Leyland had been in my place, he'd have the 2,000 wins and I'd have 1,000. Leyland is the greatest.

I loved Jennifer Lawrence's performance in 'Winter's Bone.'

My favorite band - and Bobby Cannavale and Terry Winter have already made fun of me for this - is Chicago.

I love Mike Winters. He's such a great actor.

When you watch Robin Williams, you can see a lot of Jonathan Winters. Robin is the first one to admit that; he worshiped Jonathan Winters.

I love 'The Wire'. I can't think of a television show that I think is superior to it in any way. I was obsessed with it from the moment it came on the air. I do also love 'Doctor Who' and 'Get Smart'.

I love Wisconsin. It's a great place.

My parents inspire me every day. They are both incredible people that I love and look up to every day. Industry wise, I love what Justin Timberlake has done with his career. He's truly an idol to me, not only as a performer, but as a person as well.

I admire Gaga. She's very talented and wise, that girl.

Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity - I admire wise men. Some of my favorite forms of history are religious history, what the sages say from the top of the mountain and how they view life.