Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.
Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.
Nothing would turn the nation back to God so surely and so quickly as a Church that prayed and prevailed. The world will never believe in a religion in which there is no supernatural power. A rationalized faith, a socialized Church and a moralized gospel may gain applause, but they awaken no conviction and win no converts.
Applause is a receipt, not a bill.
I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.
The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
It was all cheese and applause.
Well, I'm not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I'm performing, that's what I'm doing. If I'm not, I don't long for it. I don't need the approval of an audience, or applause.
That's the greatest applause that any person will ever receive in their life when it comes from their peers
Those of you who speak only English, applaud [audience applause]. Those of you who speak only Spanish, applaud [audience applause]. [In mock incredulity] Then how do you know what I just said?
Nothing guarantees more applause and more support than the call to abolish the IRS.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping.
The applause of the audience is short-lived. When calls resound for an encore, we are called to direct our attention to our Master.
In those places of doubt and even darkness I've realized that who I am has nothing to do with wins or losses, applause, or negative criticism. It has to do with whose I am.
There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else.
The Renaissance… was based on a new idea of the importance of the individual. But this was a fragile foundation, because individuals depended on constant applause and admiration to sustain them. There is a shortage of applause in the world, and there is not enough respect to go around.
All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!
Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause.
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
anybody's applause is better than nobody's.
