Ovation Quotes

• Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.

  George Carlin

  Needs, Corny, Genuine

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• 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!

  Elaine Paige

  Broadway Theatre, Long, Community

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• The standing ovation threw me. ... To be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.

  Michael Caine

  Towns, Talent, Standing Alone

  "Blame Phil Collins: 'South Park' loses song Oscar to 'Tarzan'" by Porter Anderson, www.cnn.com. March 26, 2000.

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• Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.

  Rasheed Ogunlaru

  Song, Expectations, Joy

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

  Alfred Jarry

  Thinking, Suffering, Might

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• I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.

  Mark Knopfler

  Legends

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• I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.

  R. J. Palacio

  Thinking, World, Wonder

  R. J. Palacio (2017). “The Wonder eOmni Collection: Wonder, Auggie & Me, 365 Days of Wonder”, p.240, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman.

  Jerry Kramer

  Kind, Offensive Lineman, Happens

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• One night in Pittsburgh, thirty-thousand fans gave me a standing ovation when I caught a hot dog wrapper on the fly.

  Dick Stuart

  Dog, Night, Fans

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• OVATION, n. n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the nation. A lesser "triumph."

  Ambrose Bierce

  Rome, Honor, Enemy

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Best Of Ambrose Bierce: The Damned Thing + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The Devil's Dictionary + Chickamauga (4 Classics in 1 Book)”, p.171, e-artnow

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• True art awakens the
  Extraordinary
  Ovation

  Hafez

  Art, Extraordinary

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• I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!''

  Polly Bergen

  Dog, Singing, Three

  "'Night Music''s Polly Bergen is Back in Baltimore". Interview with James Howard, www.broadwayworld.com. March 27, 2008.

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• The atmosphere was even greater than in Winnipeg last year. The place was almost packed for warm-ups, which was fun for us. You look at the group and you get your salute and you get the standing ovation and that means a lot to us.

  Jennifer Botterill

  Fun, Mean, Hockey

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• But, she knew, you didn’t have to marry your soulmate, and you didn’t even have to marry an Interesting. You didn’t always need to be the dazzler, the firecracker, the one who cracked everyone up, or made everyone want to sleep with you, or be the one who wrote and starred in the play that got the standing ovation. You could cease to be obsessed with the idea of being interesting.

  Meg Wolitzer

  Soulmate, Sleep, Play

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• The greatest gratification that I get to work with these hands is that when I come out and I go to the waiting room and speak and talk to the families of my patients, I get standing ovations and I get tears and they look at me as superhuman and superhero. No amount of money, no amount of anything can ever compare to that feeling.

  Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

  Waiting Rooms, Hands, Superhero

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• One minute I'm standing at Ronnie Scott's getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I'm on a marble slab

  Keith Richards

  Next, Minutes, Slabs

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• I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering.

  Major Taylor

  Confidence, Winning, Gathering

  Major Taylor (1928). “The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds; an Autobiography”

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• I walked backstage, standing ovation. Everyone was backstage clapping.

  The Miz

  Wwe, Clapping, Standing

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• I love working in Canada. The ovation is great. It makes me feel like I'm the top dog.

  Owen Hart

  Dog, Canada, Feels

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• Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality – there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth – actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one. No one queues up to see it. No one is interested.

  David Foster

  Reality, Gentleman, Heroism

  "The Pale King by David Foster Wallace - review" by Michael Sayeau, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2011.

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• You have to go out there and give a piece of yourself -- your life, your soul. And you better give the audience everything you can -- physically, emotionally, musically. Then maybe they'll accept you and give you a standing ovation at the end.

  Neil Diamond

  Giving, Soul, Pieces

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• Many a standing ovation has been caused by someone jumping to his feet in an effort to beat the rest of the audience to the parking lot.

  Earl Wilson

  Jumping, Feet, Effort

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• Any actress will tell you, when you've been given a starring role in the initial run of a show, you want to be getting the standing ovations every night, not just on review night.

  Martine McCutcheon

  Running, Night, Actresses

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I didn't realize at the moment exactly what I had done...I only realized the enormity of it when I walked into the press room and got a long standing ovation.It wasn't until I came out of my daze that I began to appreciate my
  accomplishment.

  Al Geiberger

  Golf, Accomplishment, Long

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• It's entirely possible that there won't be a standing ovation at the end of your journey. That's okay. At least you lived.

  Seth Godin

  Life, Work, Journey

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