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Quotes About Approval

No man is a leader until his appointment is ratified in the hearts and minds of his followers.
~ Author Unknown
It is almost impossible to get a novel printed in an English journal unless it is warranted to contain nothing at all to which anybody, however narrow, could possibly object, on any ground whatever, religious, political, social, moral or aesthetic. The romance that appeals to your average editor must say or hint at nothing at all which is not universally believed and received by everybody, everywhere in this realm of Britain.
~ Grant Allen
God would seem to be too occupied in being unable to take Her eyes off of us to spend any time raising an eyebrow in disapproval.
~ Gregory Boyle
The responsibility matrix is often referred to as a RACI ("Ray-Cee") matrix or RASIC ("Ray-Sick") matrix. The acronyms represent each level of potential responsibility. R—Responsible A—Accountable C—Consulted I—Informed R—Responsible A—Approve S—Support I—Informed C—Consulted
~ Gregory M. Horine
Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.
~ Gregory Maguire
Ansiábamos tu aprobación. Sorprende la psique infantil, en hambre permanente de afecto a pesar del maltrato.
~ Guillermo Arriaga
Vakhív? támaszt nem a helyeslésben, hanem az elutasításban keres.
~ György Spiró
He was not much of a nature-worshipper, but he perceived that nature here was certainly at her best and liveliest. He gave her, as it were, full marks and a nod of approval, feeling that she would do very nicely as a background to his satisfying emotions
~ James Hilton
Will ye, ay or nay?
~ James Joyce
For that are you pining, the bark of their applause?
~ James Joyce
Hackberry Holland's greatest fear was his fellow man's propensity to act collectively, in militaristic lockstep, under the banner of God and country. Mobs did not rush across town to do good deeds, and in Hackberry's view, there was no more odious taint on any social or political endeavor than universal approval.
~ James Lee Burke
Stanford said, "He's in
~ James Patterson
But she definitely had my vote.
~ James Patterson
There are thousands of people who don't like what I do. Fortunately, there are millions who do.
~ James Patterson
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender the kind… I know. But I do not approve. And I am
~ James Patterson
Long and short of it: Democracy gets a big thumbs-up from me.
~ James Patterson
I worked with someone who told me they'd never like me. But for some reason, I just felt like I needed her approval. So I started changing myself to please her. It made me stop being social and friendly. I was so unhappy.
~ Ariana Grande
I'm only... I'm only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I'm a... I'm just screaming all over the place with joy.
~ Alan King
Although at the time I didn't realize what was happening, I was unable to make a decision that might displease those around me. For years, whatever directive I may have issued ended with the phrase, 'If it's all right with you.' If I thought I'd done anything to make someone unhappy, I'd agonize.
~ Katharine Graham
Mr. Trump is unifying the party, and I applaud him for that.
~ Paul Nehlen
The U.S. fiscal union has worked, in no small part, by enabling subsidies to the Mississippis without requiring the approval of the Minnesotas. It creates an important form of insurance.
~ Austan Goolsbee
But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.
~ Thomas E. Mann
My parents wanted me to be a doctor, and they weren't very happy at the idea of me choosing acting as a career. Everyone in my family went to university - my older brother is a lawyer - but when they saw me for the first time at the theatre, they thought, 'OK.' They like it very much now.
~ Caterina Murino
If it is something that I want to do, then I don't think the audience will hate it. Unless I turn into a megalomaniac and start thinking that Salman Khan can do anything.
~ Salman Khan