Pastoral Resources

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

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

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

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

Old men need applause too.

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.

Applause waits on success.

Yes, young men, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has merited the applause of the universe. You have conquered and you will conquer still, because you are prepared for the tactics that decide the fate of battles.

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.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

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

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

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.

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

Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause.

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

People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak lately in front of groups like Freedom House, where the applause was a long time coming.

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

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

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