We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.

It is conventional to call "monster" any blending of dissonant elements. I call "monster" every original inexhaustible beauty.

We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.

Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.

The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character.

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.

It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every original inexhaustible beauty.

Anti-alcoholics are unfortunates in the grip of water, that terrible poison, so corrosive that out of all substances it has been chosen for washing and scouring, and a drop of water added to a clear liquid like Absinthe, muddles it.

From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.

An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

Applause waits on success.

Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.

As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that was a sort of communal embrace. Welcome home.

The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause.

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.

I always get more applause than votes.

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.

Old men need applause too.

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.

We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.

The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me.

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.

Popular applause veers with the wind.

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

The skit was very successful based on the applause. After that show, the three of us decided to get together and try and come up with some songs that we could all participate in.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.

There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!

I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.

I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.

I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I'm about to get.

We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.

And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I learned so much from people like that.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.