Applause Quotes

Most popular applause quotes

Why, if there's nothing else, there's applause.  I've listened backstage to people applaud.  It's like, like waves of love coming over the footlights.
Applause, n.  The echo of a platitude. - Ambrose Bierce quote.
Applause, n.  The echo of a platitude.
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. - C. C. Colton quote.
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
O, popular applause!  What heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms? - William Cowper quote.
O, popular applause!  What heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?

charm

The highest applause is silence. - Elbert Hubbard quote.
The highest applause is silence.

silence

The applause of silence is the only kind that counts. - Alfred Jarry quote.
The applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

silence

The applause of a single human being is of a great consequence.

praise

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 quote.
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.
A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit. - Hannah More quote.
A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit.
Hannah More Memories of the Life of Mrs. Hannah More

envy

There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats. - Ouida quote.
There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats.
Ouida Pipistrello and Other Stories
Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.
When most the world applauds you, most beware
'Tis often less a blessing than a snare. - Edward Young quote.
When most the world applauds you, most beware
'Tis often less a blessing than a snare.