Quotes About Approval

Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.

Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others.

It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.

This funding from the National Endowment for the Arts has been like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.

Why is comedy the only form of the arts where people think they have to agree with or approve the content? You don't walk through a museum with a towel and throw it over paintings you don't like.

The public wants work which flatters its illusions.

You know it's ART, when the check clears.

The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'.

I hear you're losing weight again, Mary Jane. Do you ever wonder who you're losing it for?

she agreed. The professor said that she

The air is like being wanted, we say, and they nod approvingly. The air is like getting older, they say, and they touch our arms gently.

We made performance reviews more substantive and serious by changing them to include a measure on each of the Twelve Behaviors, and by requiring that each manager secure his or her boss's approval of each appraisal (see chapter 5

People who are prone to anxiety are nearly always people-pleasers who fear conflict and negative feelings like anger. When you feel upset, you sweep

If our Gods really loved us, they'd want our lives filled with joy," she continued relentlessly. "But you hate joy for some reason—probably because you're afraid of it. Joy is not sin, Relg; joy is a kind of love, and I think the Gods approve of it— even if you don't.

If I'm hanging out with you, I can't even tell whether I like you or not because I'm too worried about whether you like me.

As everyone is well aware, it is so difficult to do something nice for someone and not want them, desperately, to know that the identity of the individual who did it for them was you, and to feel grateful and approving towards you, and to tell myriads of other people what you 'did' for them, so that you can be widely acknowledged as a 'good' person.

Y tomaba mi silencio por aprobación. La esencia del abismo era que ella creía que no existía ningún abismo

As everyone is well aware, ti is so difficult to do something nice for someone and not want them, desperately, to know that the identity of the individual who did it for them was you, and to feel grateful and approving towards you, and to tell myriads of other people what you 'did' for them, so that you can be widely acknowledged as a 'good' person.

My whole life I've been a fraud. I'm not exaggerating. Pretty much all I've ever done all the time is try to create a certain impression of me in other people. Mostly to be liked or admired. It's a little more complicated than that, maybe. But when you come right down to it it's to be liked, loved. Admired, approved of, applauded, whatever. You get the idea.

I'll look to like, if looking liking move; But no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly.

If she and I be pleased, what's that to you?

I know," said Papa. "It's all right with me, but

Qualified help was weak and timid. Either you come out dead against the attachment or else help without reservation, without giving the impression of reluctance and disapproval.

The lure of starting big is pervasive. For many organizations, it's so hard to get an innovation through all the approval processes that there simply isn't the energy to bring more than one idea to market. Sometimes, a CEO decides that he has an insight, and the whole organization mobilizes behind that one idea, rather than place several smaller bets. But it's crucial to Start Small.