Quotes About Approval

I'm pleased it turned out the way that it did, because I know lots of other people who did fantastic work and did not see this particular kind of recognition [like Emmy].

'Visiting Mr. Green' is a good play. I enjoy being in it, and I have a wonderful colleague, Aidan deSalaiz, to work with. Audiences like it a lot. What's not to like?

I know I work quite hard at making people like me.

When we were in the design studio I always was pretending like I was in a closet asking my friend before I step out into the world what do I look like? And everybody wants that honest friend before they go and go to dinner or go to an event.

As long as you're having fun and still doing stuff, it doesn't matter what other people think.

I'm into the girls fancying me and stuff, mad for it.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

There is no greater medal than to be acclaimed for your style.

Fortunately, being on TV has led me to have a stylist. I generally pick up what I want to wear, and get my stylist's approval for it.

I don't get afraid in talking about subject matter that may spark controversy, and I'm not afraid to not be liked. I think that sometimes people pay too much attention to being liked, and it's paralyzing.

Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the council, at the demand of the king, were not approved of for successors.

We'll turn down crappy games that are submitted to the Epic Store.

The higher cost of getting a generic drug approved by regulators means that many old medicines don't face competitors. It's only after substantial price hikes that these drugs offer enough revenue to offset the rising generic entry costs, and start to entice competition.

Whether the work that I do shall succeed or achieve critical acclaim is for the audience to decide.

Pride makes us esteem ourselves; vanity desires the esteem of others.

conscious that her lord approved Her going, with great rapture moved, [pg 131] Hastened within, without delay

Trying to live up to what everyone else thinks and wants for you is a recipe for perpetual anxiety, self-doubt, and a generally unhappy life.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep." My old neighbors...so glad to be free from that negativity.

Marketing theory says that people are driven by fear, by the promise of exclusivity, by guilt and greed, and by the need for approval. Advertising technology, armed with market research and sophisticated psychology, aims to throw us off balance emotionally—and then promises to resolve our discomfort with a product.

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.

We see the beauty within and cannot say no.

Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.

It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.