Admire Quotes

Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.

I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's often a novel I admire, but not all of their works.

Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.

I admire Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman for their sheer dedication to their craft.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world.

In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women are combined. That's been a traditional Catholic teaching that God is the combination of opposites.

Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it.

I admire them for making their way up and opening new opportunities for other Latin newcomers. Latinos have come a long way and the roles and opportunities just seem to be improving.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.

I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough.

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books.

I'll probably pursue doing more movies, but not horror or movies with killers in them. I'll try to stick to happy movies. I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she's still doing the same thing.

I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them.

It's a time to reflect and appreciate all the contributions that others have made to my career and my life. My vision is nothing that hasn't been gleaned or understood from watching and working with so many people I admire before me.

To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.

I admire David Lynch so much, and I think he made some bad decisions with Lost Highway.

I can look back on my life, where there have been moments where things might have gone the other way. Everything is like stepping stones, and I've seen people I admire falter. We're all vulnerable.

But I'm thrilled to be employed, and to work with all my friends and people that I admire. You're just lucky to work - that's the bottom line.

It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.

The jargon of sculptors is beyond me. I do not know precisely why I admire a green granite female, apparently pregnant monster with one eye going around a square corner.

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital.

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most.