Applause Quotes

“For those of you in the cheap seats I'd like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry!”
― John Lennon

“Virtue was vanity dressed up and waiting for applause.”
― Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North

“You clap. The Censor wakes up. We all get into trouble.”
― Craig Ferguson

“The wider you spread your fingers apart while clapping is equal to the amount of retarded you look while clapping.”
― Christy Leigh Stewart

“There was so much to learn and it was all fun. But the best part was getting a laugh from an audience. That was like drowning in candy.”
― Hal Holbrook, Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain

“The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world.”
― Leni Riefenstahl

“Magic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them.”
― Amit Kalantri

“You say my performance was great. Did you come up with that conclusion observing me or the audience?”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

“Can this be true? Their own sister-in-faith is sending them back to Moab? We should expect rejection, both inside and outside of God’s organization. Just remember this: no other human has your commission. No other human has your vision. No other human knows where you come from or where you’re going. Don’t expect applause. All such accolades come after success. Every great hero had to, 1st, learn to live with rejection.
Michael Ben Zehabe, Ruth: a woman’s guide to husband material, pg 24”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Ruth: A Woman's Guide to Husband Material

“He bantered us, challenged us, electrified us . . . At times his eloquence held us silent as images and some witty turn, some humorous phrase brought roars of applause. At times we cheered almost every sentence, like delegates at a political convention, At other moments we rose in our seats and yelled. There was something hypnotic in his rhythm and phrasing. His power over his auditors was absolute.

{Garland's thoughts on the great Robert Ingersoll}”
― Hamlin Garland

“This applause is a plagiarism. Yesterday another audience applauded in exactly the same manner.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

“Appreciate, but never quite believe the applause of the crowd. Jesus once entered a city to triumphant applause, the same city where he was crucified a week later.”
― J.S. Felts, Ageless Wisdom: A Treasury of Quotes to Motivate & Inspire

“Causing goodness must be the cause of goodness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World

“Then he commandeered the floor, shooting back and forth like some hot Latin lover. When he finished, everyone applauded. He could have stayed in that moment forever.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

“So long as you are self-obsessed, applause and mockery will equally impair your capacity. Wipe out every trace of self-obsession and you'll learn to work through both applause and mockery - and you'll rise as the true victor of time.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“Besides being a duck farmer, I'm also a philanthropist. It's like The Bible probably says, "What good is charity, if there is no publicity to produce applause?" I never give to the needy unless I know my donation will receive positive attention in the press.”
― Jarod Kintz, Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.

“When others praise you, keep a smile on your face, when others ridicule you, still keep a smile on your face.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Insan: When The World is Family

“Today's mockery is tomorrow's applause.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“Regard for praise hampers growth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“During the first part of this stage, the encouragement and support of parents and teachers was crucial to the child’s progress, but eventually the students began to experience some of the rewards of their hard work and became increasingly self-motivated. A piano student performed for others and appreciated the applause. A swimmer basked in the approval and respect of peers. These students became more vested in the process, and their self-image started to include those abilities that were setting them apart from their peers. In the case of team sports, like swimming, the students often relished being part of a group of like-minded people. But whatever the reasons, the motivation started to shift from external to internal in origin.”
― Anders Ericsson, Peak: How all of us can achieve extraordinary things

“Character No Commodity (The Sonnet)

Character, I say, is no commodity,
To be traded in for luxury.
Integrity, I say, is no commodity,
To be traded in for security,
Virtues, I say, are no commodity,
To be traded in for applause.
Values, I say, are no commodity,
To be traded in for comfort.
Warmth, I say, is no commodity,
To be traded in for image.
Humility, I say, is no commodity,
To be traded in for respect.
A life without honor, I say,
Is a life totally gone astray.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“It is important to enter somewhere magnificently and accompanied by applause, but much more important than that is to leave that place with applause and in a magnificent way!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Be cautious of those who applaud your accomplishment. And never lose those who walk by you in hopelessness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Who applauses for you today will turn yheir back on you quicly tomorrow.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“Offer her a hand when she slips, applause when she soars.”
― Regina Scott, Never Love a Lord

“When the king sells the slave can do nothing except applause.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“I could drown in a sea of applause. But without you, it's still just be drowning.”
― Nick Oliveri, The Conjurer

“Who applause for you today, will turn their backs on you quicly tomorrow.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“We are seeking recognition, applause and glory, but Jesus' delight was to give credit to God.”
― Brother Pedro

“Instant popularity vanishes just as instantly.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo