Quotes About Appreciation

It is but the littleness of man that seeth no greatness in trifles.

People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something.

We must love men, ere to us they will seem worthy of our love.

You're gonna laugh when I tell you this, man, but I'm starting to enjoy Eminem.

Except for the woman, nothing interests the eye of the American man more than the automobile, or seems so important to him as an object of esthetic appreciation.

I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.

If I were as much of a man as my woman, I'd be my wife.

Ingratitude to man is ingratitude to God.

Al Davis treated me like son. That man helped me become the man I am today.

I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.

For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for him who has the eyes to see them.

No man is happy but by comparison.

It is truly regrettable that a person will treat a man who is valuable to him well, and a man who is worthless to him poorly.

The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool. [Fr., Du meme fonds dont on neglige un homme de merite l'on sait encore admirer un sot.]

God, it's nice to be treated like a man.

Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.

I would sit in at a jazz brunch [at sweet Basil] with Eddie Chamblee, who was a great tenor player. Really a kind man. The whole band was great.

How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The mothers—I thought. The wives.

I think men are a beautiful creation.

For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.

The good man does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs.

When I get sick of what men do, I have only to walk a few steps in another direction to see what spiders do. Or what the weather does. This sustains me very well indeed.

Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: Lou, youre a leading man because youre a good actor. Brought tears to my eyes.