Admiration Quotes

I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play.

As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.

This year, as we celebrate the 230th anniversary of America's independence, please remember the symbols that are sacred to this country. Fly Old Glory high and show your respect and admiration for this great nation and the values we hold dear.

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age.

Ignorance is the mother of admiration.

I remember years ago being on the set of 'Dreamcatcher' and not only did I have such great admiration for Morgan Freeman and was just thrilled to be around him, I was struck by the fact that he seemed to be having perhaps more fun than I was at his job. And I thought, 'Well, that's very promising.'

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

I have tremendous admiration for everyone who enters the political arena so long as their goal is to do what they believe is right for the people of New York.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration.

We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.

Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro' every Stage of Life.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

I'm pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get to sort of follow your own passions, and I believe quite passionately that we don't pay enough attention and respect to our veterans. Not just our wounded veterans, but all veterans.

I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the way of entertaining that shall be the admiration and talk of all Washington world.

I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work done.

Actually, the curious thing is that the more you become a subject of admiration or loathing, the more you're examined under a microscope, the distance seems to open up between who you really are and the portrayals that people impose on you.

We were probably the last people in the country to get a VCR and we didn't have cable. There wasn't any admiration of glamour, no, 'I want to look like them or have that lifestyle', because everyone in my town had the same lifestyle. So I didn't think, 'Ooh, a movie star's birthday!' I just thought, 'What?'

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.