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Quotes About Admiration

We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought to have written, what they ought to have thought, but with what they did think, write, admire.
~ George Saintsbury
He's my man, he was great
~ George W. Bush
George H. W. Bush is gracious. And I'm not saying any of the former presidents aren't gracious, I'm just saying, this man is gracious.
~ George W. Bush
I always knew in my heart Walt Whitman's mind to be more like my own than any other man's living.
~ Gerard Manley Hopkins
The sort of man who admires Italian art while despising Italian religion is a tourist and a cad.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
I have known some wonderful men.
~ Gloria Allred
I was just watching "So You Think You Can Dance," flipping channels, and I was like man, I could never do that.
~ Lucas Till
When a man has written a role for you that you admire, the expectations are higher.
~ Luke Goss
Reverend Galamison is fighting a hard battle against great opposition, and I admire a man who fights a hard battle against great opposition.
~ Malcolm X
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!
~ Martial
Of course we all know that Morris was a wonderful all-round man, but the act of walking round him has always tired me.
~ Max Beerbohm
Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.
~ Max Beerbohm
If you want my views of history, there's something you should know. The three men I admire the most are Curly, Larry, and Mo.
~ Meat Loaf
For a man who is in love with the existence, nothing is ordinary in life!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Boris Johnson is a man of great attributes and great qualities.
~ Michael Gove
Few men have been admired of their familiars.
~ Michel de Montaigne
Some men seem remarkable to the world in whom neither their wives nor their valets saw anything extraordinary. Few men have been admired by their servants.
~ Michel de Montaigne
Michael Steele! You be da man! You be da man!
~ Michele Bachmann
Roger Clemens is one of the most wonderful men I've ever known. I loved him very much... still love him to this day. He treated me like a princess.
~ Mindy McCready
Don't ever squeeze a fighter's hand, man. You're doing good just to lay your eyes on me
~ Muhammad Ali
Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.
~ Muhammad Ali
William Shawn was the editor of The New Yorker and for whom I worked for, God, 27 years; a man I respected enormously because of what he did, - what the magazine was about.
~ Nat Hentoff
No physical activity is so vain as boxing. A man gets into the ring to attract admiration. In no sport, therefore, can you be more humiliated.
~ Norman Mailer
I love everything that Frank Gehry does. I wish I could have that man build me a Wayne Manor-style mansion, like his idea of it.
~ Pharrell Williams