Quotes About Admiration

I married young. I had an instinct that this man was going to really wear well, and he has. For me, this is what worked. I always admired Helmut because he was, A, very smart, B, very sure of himself and very, very funny, and so that combination of things.

MoMA is one of the world's most admired cultural institutions.

I never would consider any comparison to Mark Martin an insult. I'll take those comparisons all day because the guy is a... driver that nobody wanted to face.

Chicago was a big influence on all three of us growing up. I admire their musical integrity. When the opportunity came up to produce them, I couldn't let it go by.

I deeply admire and respect Hillary Clinton. I think she is a great intellect with great fortitude. I think she was a strong secretary of state and a hardworking and effective senator.

I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

Some of our finest leaders were not intellectuals at all, and I admire them enormously because they weren't. Harry Truman wasn't.

I love everything about Benedict Cumberbatch because he's so intelligent and talented.

I'm honored to have so many beautiful, intelligent, loyal, and wonderful fans.

She sacrificed a lot for us. She was a wonderful role model for us. She's probably the most intelligent person I know. And what's really cool for me is I have a lot of friends who will tell me, 'I was in your Mom's math class. I loved having her as a teacher.' That's really special for me.

I have the greatest respect and admiration for Congressman Issa, but I don't intend to be Darrell Issa-like.

Bette Midler was my first love, and the intensity of those feelings remain.

If someone asks me a question, that says they appreciate what I do and that's nice. And I know what it was like when I was a kid to want to interact with a top player.

When people get to see me interact with the creative giants, they see the perspective and the respect. A lot of times, people don't have that respect, from a music perspective, with the music people.

I have a desire to learn and be able to interact with people that I admire or like or respect.

I've had one or two interactions with Scott Holtzman and I've watched his fights and I thought to myself, great fight, great competition and a great guy. The few interactions I had with him, he's such a great guy.

I don't think you should meet the people you most admire. I don't want reality to interfere with my image.

This may sound corny, but I really admire my husband, Vivek Deora, as a businessman because I am amazed by how he conducts business internationally.

It's weird, for me as a fan, to have a fan tell me that I'm their favorite singer. It's still a little awkward for me. I love to hear it, but I don't know how to respond to it. It's a very awkward thing to interpret what somebody else sees in me.

I really want to interview Larry David.

The person I've always wanted to interview but never met was Richard Burton.

Hopefully, I can follow in Leonardo DiCaprio's shoes. I probably say this in every interview, but he is one of my favorite actors of all time.

I've always thought if I could pick my interviewer, it'd be Charlie Rose, who I think is the best.

Well just meeting J. K. Rowling was amazing because she created all this world. And all the fans, we all get so obsessed with it and then you met the one person who made it all up. It was just so amazing. And I was just so amazed that that she wrote this book and all of the films have happened.