quotations about applause
To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.
G.C. LICHTENBERG
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Aphorisms
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Anybody's applause is better than nobody's.
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON
Francesca Carrara
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There's a new alarm clock on the market for actors. It doesn't ring--it applauds.
E.C. MCKENZIE
14,000 Quips and Quotes
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Applause is like oxygen. It warms your soul and you feel yourself a creator, if only for a half hour.
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
letter to Marietta Shaginyan
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I have been nourished by the sickly food
Of popular applause.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
The Borderers
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When most the world applauds you, most beware;
'Tis often less a blessing, than a snare.
EDWARD YOUNG
Love of Fame
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Applause is like a vapor. If you've watched someone smoke a long cigar, take a puff then blow the smoke out, what happens after a minute? The smoke is gone. Applause feels great while it lasts, but if you want more, you've got to earn it.
FRANK MCKINLEY
"The Power of Applause", May 12, 2012
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
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When an audience shares your prejudices you can always count on their applause.
MARTY RUBIN
attributed, goodreads
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Unruly murmurs, or ill-timed applause
Wrong the best speaker, and the justest cause.
HOMER
Iliad
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Applause is a receipt, not a bill.
ARTUR SCHNABEL
Saturday Review of Literature, September 29, 1951
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I live for the applause, applause, applause
I live for the applause-plause, live for the applause-plause
Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me
The applause, applause, applause.
LADY GAGA
"Applause", Artpop
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APPLAUSE, n. The echo of a platitude.
AMBROSE BIERCE
The Devil's Dictionary
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Who decides when the applause should die down? It seems like it's a group decision; everyone begins to say to themselves at the same time, "Well, okay, that's enough of that."
GEORGE CARLIN
attributed, The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes
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Applause waits on success.
THOMAS FRANCKLIN
Earl of Warwick
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I can't hear the critics talking over the applause.
DRAKE
"Congratulations"
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We protest against unjust criticism, but we accept unearned applause.
JOSE NAROSKY
Si Todos Los Sueños
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Do what manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause;
He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.
RICHARD BURTON
The Kasidah
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Applause, applause!
Vociverous applause
From orchestra to gallery
Could mean a raise in salary.
Give out, give in!--
Be noisy, make a din!
(The manager, he audits our plaudits.)
IRA GERSHWIN
"Applause, Applause"
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Give me that thing that I love (Turn the lights on)
Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch (Make it real loud)
Give me that thing that I love (Turn the lights on)
Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch (Make it real loud)
LADY GAGA
"Applause"
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