Applause Quotes

“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

“It's about that applause I want to speak to you. I want you to remember that when you've done a little dance or a song or sketch, the applause which you get is not only because you yourself have done your best, but because each of those men is seeing in you someone he loves at home, and because of you is able to forget for a little while the unhappiness of not being in his home, and in some cases the great tragedy of not knowing what has happened to the children in his family.”
― Noel Streatfeild, Theater Shoes

“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

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

“Laughter was the true applause you offered to the world for being beautiful.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires

“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

“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

“I just invented an Applause Machine. You turn it on by clapping. I figure I'll have no trouble securing Venture Capital funding, because VCs love congratulating themselves, and this time when they do, my machine will respond by adding to their self-kudos.”
― Jarod Kintz, Powdered Saxophone Music

“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: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“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.

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

“Clapping is high-fiving yourself. I'm all about self-applause.”
― Jarod Kintz, A Memoir of Memories and Memes

“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

“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

“Wear a smile in the face of ridicule, wear silence in the face of praise.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations

“If you display fake qualities you do have to get applause, how do you intend to keep that applause?”
― Chidi Ejeagba

“The truth that brings no applause is often the most needed.”
― Adeel Ahmed Khan

“The greatest applause you will ever hear is the sound of your own heartbeat, steady and entirely your own.”
― Daniel Derrick Mwesigye, Divine alchemy : The Sacred Refining of a Human Life

“Success is not what you have; success is who you become.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Sips And Little Portions