Admire Quotes

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.

The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.

I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile.

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

I don't admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have been a disaster.

To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration.

I really admire people who are extraordinarily tolerant and patient.

In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color.

There is a great deal of cyberpunk that I admire, especially the work of William Gibson which I think is excellent. Somehow he speaks from his own heart and cyber punk is what comes out.

I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women.

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.

I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was the extreme right wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.

I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.

I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.

From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.

The celebrity body I most admire is Madonna's. She has the most incredible physique - and the woman's in her 50s!

I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude I'll admire it but I wouldn't copy their style.

I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little.

My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to the rabbi, who happens to be my wife's cousin and who I admire greatly. I talk to him regularly but I consider myself more spiritual than religious.

Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.

Oddly my name has been no professional help at all! It seems to have made no difference. I admire him hugely, both for his benevolence and his enormous psychological perception.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.