(89 quotes found)
“A joke, even if it be a lame one, is nowhere so keenly relished or quickly applauded as in a murder trial.”
Mark Twain
“We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.”
Will Rogers
“I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one.”
Victor Hugo
“The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.”
“In 1906 the Czechs were already applauding the famous circus of the Wild West hero William Frederick Cody, better known as ”
Buffalo Bill
“The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.”
Peter Wallsten
“One hand cannot applaud”
Arabian Proverb
“He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber”
Samuel Johnson
“Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.”
William Orville Douglas
“It's a classic case of the audience applauding the celebrities for putting themselves in a situation they are not normally in. The key to Dancing with the Stars is, good on 'em for having a go.”
Brad Lyons
