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Quotes About Approval

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.
~ Franz Grillparzer
I doubt if there ever was a man who was not gratified by being told that he was liked by the women.
~ Samuel Johnson
The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.
~ Vanessa Carlton
that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)
~ Jane Austen
You should resolve not to seek public approval of your private business, when you are not also prepared to accept public disapproval.
~ Judith Martin
You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them.
~ Jane Austen
Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they're waiting for someone to say, "You're good, you're pretty, I give you permission."
~ Eve Ensler
We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
~ Gary Kemp
Society certainly encourages women to be victims in every way. I mean if we want approval, we have to sing the blues, even as singers we sing the blues.
~ Gloria Steinem
We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them.
~ Judith Martin
I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn't approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish.
~ Julie Walters
We will never be the women God wants us to be if our hearts are continually chasing after human approval.
~ Kylie Bisutti
Why didn't you talk about whether women are funny or not? I just felt that by commenting on that in any real way, it would be tacit approval of it as a legitimate debate, which it isn't.
~ Mindy Kaling
Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.
~ Ovid
All children should be taught to unconditionally accept, approve, admire, appreciate, forgive, trust, and ultimately, love their own person.
~ Asa Don Brown
I don't advise. You mutn't give any weight to what I say, except in so far as your own judgment approves it.
~ George Gissing
Be an individual, let out the self that hides away at the expense of others approval.
~ Nikki Rowe
I would love to start if a coach considered me as a starter.
~ Lou Williams
It has always been my understanding that all official expenses for the U.S. ambassador's residence in Dublin have been approved by the State Department.
~ Jean Kennedy Smith
Our statement's on the screen. Awards won't make it better, and a lack of awards won't make it worse.
~ Dee Rees
Irrespective of my father's support, if people don't like me there's nothing my family status can do about it.
~ Akhil Akkineni
I've never been difficult to anybody or with anybody on a picture. Especially when you're in that nice status of hierarchy of actors and actresses who get to approve directors. Because once you make that choice, it's my belief that the director's boss.
~ James Caan
But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.
~ Thomas E. Mann
Do as most do, and men will speak well of you.
~ Thomas Fuller