Quotes About Admiration

Reba McEntire came through town when I lived in Texas. She had this amazing theatrical show with, like, 13 different wardrobe changes. I was eight and I was like, Wow, I wanna do that!

I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.

I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

If we love our Lord, not just admire him or fear him or want things from him, we must recognize his feelings; he must be in anguish over our sins.

Whatever we most admire and look up to—God, the truths of mathematics, the laws of nature—is endowed with an existence that transcends time. We act inside time but judge our actions by timeless standards. As a result of this paradox, we live in a state of alienation from what we most value. This alienation affects every one of our aspirations.

Baby, you're so fine, I'd drink a tub of your bath water.

I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.

To love is to find pleasure in the perfection of another.

I look up to my mom. She's a beautiful woman.

He disliked English, not because they had invaded his country, but because of the effort required to understand their different languages and customs. At the same time, he was in no hurry for them to leave, for he admired them, most of the time, not for the modernity they were establishing but for the business opportunities they brought with them.

It is often difficult to admit that someone you love is not perfect, or to consider aspects of a person that are less than admirable.

Why do these people love you, Archer? Is it simply because you show little or no response to their affection?

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

He went down trying not to look long at her, as though she were the sun, but he saw her, as one sees the sun, without looking.

There are people who, on meeting a successful rival, no matter in what, are at once disposed to turn their backs on everything good in him, and to see only what is bad. There are people, on the other hand, who desire above all to find in that lucky rival the qualities by which he has outstripped them, and seek with a throbbing ache at heart only what is good.

It was among the knowledgeable others that one hoped to be talked about and admired. It was not impossible—the world of squadrons is small. The years would bow to you; you would be remembered, your name like a thoroughbred's, a horse that ran and won.

She's not young, but rather in the midst of that last and most confident beauty, like the mother of a schoolmate. You see her emerging from a car, the flash of an elegant calf, and you are tumbled into unbearable love.

To be quite honest with you, I haven't known many Christians as articulate as you.

Hens embarrass me; owls disturb me; if I am with an eagle I always pretend that I am not with an eagle...

You looked pretty good out there," she said, smiling up at him. "A little like a tasty seal, but I didn't see any hungry sharks.

Admiration.

Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence? For the liveliness of your mind, I did.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that they should.