Quotes About Approval

That's the thing," said Gat. "Everyone's always asking Harris about everything. Why should a grown woman have to ask her father to approve her wedding?

He supposed her 'as clever as they make 'em', but no more, not realizing that she was penetrating to the depths of his soul, and approving of what she found there.

Ronny approved of religion as long as it endorsed the National Anthem, but he objected when it attempted to influence his life.

They wished that they also knew Italian, for our phrases of approval and of amazement are so connected with little occasions that we fear to use them on great ones. We are obliged to become vaguely poetic, or to take refuge in Scriptural reminiscences.

The liberty of the press is most generally approved when it takes liberties with the other fellow, and leaves us alone.

Speaker Reed's] wit was brilliant and usually cruel... Asked to attend the funeral of a political enemy, he refused, "but that does not mean to say I do not heartily approve of it.

As a physician, David had private recognition, but he craved public approval. Mrs. Roosevelt had public recognition, but she craved intimacy. Each satisfied the other's hunger for acceptance. It was a fair exchange.

Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!

And God saw that it was good.

This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval, appreciation, applause - for what they call success. Those are words that do not correspond to reality. They are conventions, things that are invented, but we don't realize that they don't correspond to reality. What is success? It is what one group decided is a good thing. Another group will decide the same thing is bad.

If I have pleased you, kindly signify Appreciation with a warm goodbye.

No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.

Grammy nominations are certainly pleasant, but you can forget about them and lead a perfectly happy life - provided you have the approval of the musicians you work with.

It's impossible to be perfect, and you won't do a good job if you're too focused on proving yourself to others.

A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.

What I've learned is that living in public life... it's impossible to have everybody like you. No matter what you do.

I didn't care where my works were published.

Whenever you have the creator pulling your card and saying they want you to be a part of it, you're in a pretty good position.

Pursuing fame is the ultimate in people-pleasing and the ultimate betrayal of self.

The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.

Anytime you can get people to watch you on anything, it's very flattering.

I just want everyone to like me. That's my main flaw.