Quotes About Applause

The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility.

a nice standing ovation from a studio audience of angels, who having all died themselves, know a good death when they see one.

It's fine with me if people want to applaud between movements of a concerto. It doesn't bother me - it's part of performance experience.

Most musicals are real crowd pleasers.

If you say you're a unifier, you expect and usually get applause. I'm a divider. Politics is division by definition, if there was no disagreement there would be no politics. The illusion of unity isn't worth having, and is anyways unattainable.

Of course you like him; everyone enjoys flattery.

Victory, when it is in accord with progress, merits the applause of the people; but a heroic defeat merits their tender compassion. The one is magnificent, the other sublime. For our own part, we prefer martyrdom to success.

Jace broke off the kiss and stepped back with an exhale; before Clary could say anything, a chorus of sarcastic applause broke out from the nearby hill. Simon, Isabelle, and Alec waved at them. Jace bowed while Clary stepped back slightly sheepishly, hooking her thumbs into the belt of her jeans Jace sighed. "Shall we join our annoying, voyeuristic friends?" "Unfortunately, that's the only kind of friends we have.

When he finished, summing up the meaning of what he had played in two conclusive, melancholy scales, there was a burst of friendly applause. And I also applauded and kept doing so until I was sure he had seen me, because I was starting to realize that there are such things as misunderstandings and I didn't want there to be any at that moment.

But the rules which the agent observes and the criteria which he applies are one with those which govern the spectator's applause and jeers.

The spectators applaud his skill at seeming clumsy, but what they applaud is not some extra hidden performance executed 'in his head'.

The genius, even when he endeavours only to entertain with pleasing images of nature, or instruct by uncontested principles of science, yet suffers persecution from innumerable criticks, whose acrimony is excited merely by the pain of seeing others pleased, and of hearing applauses which another enjoys.

There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.

If anyone ever boos you off stage, that is simply applause from ghosts.

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.

Occasionally if you do something extraordinary, the crew responds with spontaneous applause, but that's very rare.

Fans don't boo nobodies.

The thing is, I'm happiest when I'm on stage.

I'm most at home on the stage.

I don't like the energy at award shows. It's rehearsed and everybody is just focused on themselves and nobody wants to genuinely applaud for anyone else. People aren't even listening if someone is giving a speech on stage.

I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.

Encourage children to write their own stories, and then don't rain on their parade. Don't say, 'That's not true.' Applaud flights of fantasy. Help with spelling and grammar, but stand up and cheer the use of imagination.

When we shot the pilot for 'Voyager,' Armin Shimmerman, who played Quark on 'Deep Space Nine,' was very gracious and outgoing about preparing us for these personal appearances. Still, nothing really can prepare you for the first time when you walk out on stage and 2,000 people in a room stand up and applaud simply because you're there.

You don't get a standing ovation and get boos, by the way. They don't go hand in hand.