Quotes About Approval

I never won any award, ever, except for a Houston Press award, but other than that, I never won an award.

I like Hugh Grant.

I try not to think about what people think of me. You can't, because then you get hung up in all the people who love you, and you've also got all the people who hate you, because of what you're doing.

I don't get too hung up on what people think of me.

The Captain's boat inspections were always pretty slapdash, because they mainly just involved him looking at the ropes and planks and barnacles and then nodding to show that he approved of whatever they happened to be doing.

There are variations to the window dressing, but believe me, he wants Cool Girl, who is basically the girl who likes every fucking thing he likes and doesn't ever complain.

She's easy to like. I've never understood why that's considered a compliment – that just anyone could like you.

I've never understood why that's considered a compliment – that just anyone could like you.

You're still desperate to have everyone think you're perfect. You never want to be the bad guy.

My father had infused my childhood with unspoken blame. He was the kind of man who scoped around looking for things to be angry at. It had turned me into a knee-jerk suck-up to authority—Mom, Dad, teachers. 'Whatever makes your job easier, sir or madam.' I craved a constant stream of approval.

It had turned me into a knee-jerk suckup to authority. Mom, Dad, teachers: Whatever makes your job easier, sir or madam. I craved a constant stream of approval. 'You'd literally lie, cheat, and steal – hell, kill – to convince people you are a good guy,' Go once said.

Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.

I glance at the rearview mirror, and see Elaine flashing me a thumbs-up.

It is the storyteller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.

My relationship with my own father has put me into the category of women who acquiesce to win approval.

For they know the approval—and the worth they assign to this approval— would not be there without certain behaviors on their part. Hence, they never experience unconditional love and worth. Yet

We judge others harshly in order to judge ourselves with approval.

With a knock, a slim army lieutenant came in, introduced himself as James Benford, and handed Groves a briefing summary folder. "You have to approve these, sir." Karl

Still, I didn't want to admit, even to myself, how much his approval meant to me. The play of conflicting emotions—love and suspicion, admiration and resentment—confused me, as it usually did when I thought of Khader Khan, or spent time with him.

Approval is overrated. Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it.

Are you an aberration to your species?' she cried. 'Cats don't look for approval!

The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.

I'm really not worried about what fans think.

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.