Approval Quotes - Page 9

• To win the trophy of enchanting grace: Ranks of Carnations, to all ladies dear, Of whose sweet taste I write approval here, For these pre-eminent myself I think, As long as you don't overdue the pink.

  Ruth Pitter

  Sweet, Flower, Writing

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• At the beginning of the book [The Dissemblers], Ivy [Wilkes] has a long way to go in order to achieve self-sufficiency. Although she is very independent, even somewhat of a loner, she is very affected by other peoples' opinions. At the opening of the book, her ideas of success and achievement are largely defined by the approval of others; over the arc of the story, I think that begins to change a little.

  Liza Campbell

  Book, Independent, Thinking

  Source: newwest.net

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• In the beginning, I used to seek approval from others about my fashion choices. Now, I trust myself.

  Eric Jacobson

  Fashion, Choices, Trust Myself

  Source: wwd.com

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• As was noted in the Wall Street Journal, last March 21st, FDA approval of drug labelling, '...requires seven to ten years, and costs each applicant an average of $70 million.'

  Orrin Hatch

  Wall, Dark, Fda

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• Applause is an instinctive, unconscious act expressing the sympathy between actors and audience. Just as our art demands more instinct than intellect in its exercise, so we demand of those who watch us an apppreciation of the simple unconscious kind which finds an outlet in clapping rather than the cold intellectual approval which would self-consciously think applause derogatory. I have yet to meet the actor who was sincere in saying that he disliked applause.

  Ellen Terry

  Art, Exercise, Simple

  Dame Ellen Terry (1908). “The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections”

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• I think [Bush] would like to hand his father Saddam Hussein's head and win his approval for what happened after the Gulf War.

  Martin Sheen

  Father, War, Winning

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• There's no doubt about it, show business lures the people who didn't get enough love, attention, or approval early in life and have grown up to become bottomless, gaping vessels of terrifying, abject need. Please laugh.

  Dennis Miller

  People, Laughing, Doubt

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• I didn't realize that I was in a self-made prison of human approval and human acceptance. Didn't even realize it. Most of the prisons we live in we are not conscious of.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Acceptance, Self, Realizing

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• There's a big difference between tolerance and approval, and I have no right to expect or demand the latter from anyone.

  Norah Vincent

  Differences, Tolerance, Demand

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• If you're conscientiously seeking approval, you're not being true to yourself.

  Tomas Kalnoky

  Be True To Yourself, Being True, Seeking

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• For my money, there are no more fascinating, hard-working, vulnerable creatures on earth than writers. Every day, they lay their souls out there for public approval or rejection.

  Faith Sullivan

  Hard Work, Rejection, Soul

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• Approval of what is approved of
  Is as false as a well-kept vow.

  John Betjeman

  Belief, Vow, Wells

  John Betjeman (1967). “Collected Poems”

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• pacifists lead a lonely life. Not even gathering together can take the place of that vast, warm sun of approval that is shed on motherhood, on law-abiding, on killing, and on making money. Someday will we come into our own? Well, motherhood may move into the shade. Law-abiding is going through a trauma. But killing and making money are good for a long, long time.

  Josephine Winslow Johnson

  Lonely, War, Moving

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• In the second half of life, the questions become: 'Who, apart from the roles you play, are you? What does the soul ask of you? Do you have the wherewithal to shift course, to deconstruct your painfully achieved identity, risking failure, marginalization and loss of collective approval?' No small task.

  James Hollis

  Loss, Play, Soul

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• It is impossible to stand upright when one plants his roots in the shifting sands of popular opinion and approval.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Roots, Shifting, Opinion

  Twitter post from Nov 21, 2014

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• I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.

  Andrew Stanton

  Parent, Realizing, Craving

  "Andrew Stanton: why I had to make John Carter the movie" by Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. March 01, 2012.

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• I definitely felt by the time I got to grad school - which was a great experience - I was like, Whats the difference between the teachers and the students? Why are the teachers teachers if they want to be acting? It didnt make sense to me anymore. Its not like you learn how to set a broken bone and you get the stamp of approval.

  Taylor Schilling

  Teacher, School, Differences

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• Next to the disapproval of our friends, the approval of our enemies is most to be dreaded.

  Octave Feuillet

  Enemy, Next, Disapproval

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• The need of an insecure psychiatrist to draw security from a virtuous adjustment to the conventionalities of his time and from a quest for approval from "the good and the great" may turn out to be another agent interfering with his ability to listen in a therapeutically valid fashion. This type of dependence gives rise to the danger that the psychiatrist may consider the changeable man-made standards of the society in which he lives to be eternal values to which he and his patients must conform.

  Frieda Fromm-Reichmann

  Fashion, Insecure, Men

  Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (1960). “Principles of Intensive Psychotherapy”, p.32, University of Chicago Press

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• Constant, indiscriminate approval devalues because it is so predictable.

  Kit Reed

  Devalue, Constant, Predictable

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• Euphemisms, like fashions, have their day and pass, perhaps to return at another time. Like the guests at a masquerade ball, they enjoy social approval only so long as they retain the capacity for deception.

  Freda Adler

  Fashion, Long, Deception

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• How much of my true self I camouflage and choke in order to commend myself to him, denying the fullness of me. How often have I paraded sweetness and interest when I felt otherwise; pretended to take careful leave of him on many an occasion when I would rather have walked right out. How I've toned myself down, diluted myself to maintain his approval.

  Sylvia Ashton-Warner

  Self, Order, Camouflage

  Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1967). “Myself”, Harvill Secker

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• Shyness is I-ness. Shyness is really wondering if you have other people's approval.

  Dorothy Sarnoff

  People, Wonder, Shyness

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• Writing is self-taught. Consulting other people only teaches you to depend on their reactions, which may or may not be legitimate. Quit looking for approval ... Learn to evaluate your own work with a dispassionate eye ... the lessons you acquire will be all the more valuable because you've mastered your craft from within.

  Sue Grafton

  Writing, Eye, Self

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• Whenever I write about my family, I start by getting my parent`s approval. I like to think I write about them with obvious affection. When it comes to the people I'm related to, I consider myself to be very lucky.

  David Sedaris

  Writing, Thinking, People

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