If anyone ever boos you off stage, that is simply applause from ghosts.
I think some people who go into public life, if they go in needing the applause of thousands, they're never going to work out successfully in the end, because they don't know who they are apart from the crowds.
There is always a certain noise in applause: even in the applause we give ourselves.
I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when I was ever going to be able to say my first line!
We are full of rhythms. . . our pulse, our gestures, our digestive tracts, the lunar and seasonal cycles.
When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.
I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.
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.
I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time
Bacon's the best, even the frying of bacon sounds like an applause.
Old men need applause too.
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?
Beware [of] the investment activity that produces applause; the great moves are usually greeted by yawns.
Every artist loves applause. The praise of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense.
Artists. . . do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors.
A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal
One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.
The applause of the audience is short-lived. When calls resound for an encore, we are called to direct our attention to our Master.
There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats.
Nothing guarantees more applause and more support than the call to abolish the IRS.