Approval Quotes

Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.

My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for.

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

Approval or blame will follow in the world to come.

She's leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it can only go down. And when it does, you know who they're going to blame. They're gonna blame Andy Card!

When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval.

I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that. They're after that validation their whole life.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

It was quite instant that he wanted Harry's approval. Did you notice that? And the children sort of rescued him this time. It's a great turnabout. That's what happens as your children get older. They do things for you, and it's quite shocking when they do.

The U.S. fiscal union has worked, in no small part, by enabling subsidies to the Mississippis without requiring the approval of the Minnesotas. It creates an important form of insurance.

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval, although maybe that's because I'm confident that I've got it.

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.

I mean, it's pretty disillusioning for all of us right now, and we feel pretty helpless when Congress, their approval rating is thirteen percent, and across the board, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, you sort of want to walk in and fire everybody.

If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.

I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.

In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

I think it is vital to fight to do something you want to do despite not gaining your community's or your friends' approval.

Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me.

The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.