Top 49 Ovation Quotes
#1. Well, I think if more people had more applause, it would make them feel better. I often give my wife a round of applause. If the meal is very good I give her a standing ovation.
Tom Baker
#2. Every night, you fight for that standing ovation at the end of the night. And if you do something wrong, the domino effect is chaotic. And you must not allow yourself to make mistakes whatsoever. So in that case, theater, it's fascinating because of the discipline that you need.
Ricky Martin
#3. AUGUST PULLMAN'S PRECEPT
Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the world.
Auggie
R.J. Palacio
#4. I have to say, I do love the Ovation guitars. If I had one guitar to play, it would be that one, and it's got nothing to do with having my name on it. I absolutely rely on it.
Kaki King
#5. You are going to fail at a lot of things, so when you do, do it on such a grand scale that half the room gives you a standing ovation, and the other half gives you the middle finger.
Brittany Gibbons
#6. The author relates that Mickey Mantle did not expect to play one day and showed up extremely hung over. He was nevertheless called on to pitch and smashed a towering home run to an enthusiastic ovation. He related to his teammates, Those people don't know how tough that was.
Jim Bouton
#7. 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
#8. ...a standing ovation from five-year-olds is not to be sniffed at.
Jasper Fforde
#9. I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!'
Polly Bergen
#10. I don't think I would be a good politician. I kid about it when I get a standing ovation. Sometimes I'll say, "I may run for Governor," but it's strictly a joke.
Liberace
#11. 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
#12. I walked backstage, standing ovation. Everyone was backstage clapping.
The Miz
#13. The cascade of water was so vast and mighty, I thought, the angels were not only clapping - they were giving a standing and stomping ovation for a spectacle only God could have created.
Martin Ganda
#14. If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a song called 'I Am A Singer', but I rewrote the words for Frank. I was in tears and, when he got up, so was he.
Irwin Thomas
#15. You don't get a standing ovation and get boos, by the way. They don't go hand in hand.
Donald Trump
#16. 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 Wallace, from The Pale King
David Foster Wallace
#17. I hit some great shots in my lifetime; now I hit a decent shot and I get a standing ovation.
Martina Navratilova
#18. 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
#19. Everyone should always have a standing ovation at least once in their life.
R.J. Palacio
#20. Weedly-weedly-wee, make a face, hold your guitar like it's your weenie, point it heavenward, and look like you're really doing something. Then, you get a big ovation while the smoke bombs go off, and the motorized lights in your truss twirl around.
Frank Zappa
#21. I walked out and I got a standing ovation from all these people, and it's like a creepy thing ... either you've become a cultural icon, or they are applauding the fact that you are not dead yet.
Neil Gaiman
#22. When someone throws up while watching one of your movies, it's like a standing ovation.
Eli Roth
#23. The standing ovation threw me ... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.
Michael Caine
#24. I had a fucking standing ovation going on in my goddamn pants, and it was demanding an encore.
Nenia Campbell
#25. Everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their life because we all overcometh the world.
R.J. Palacio
#26. I was blown away by the standing ovation. I've had tributes before, sure, but I don't retain that feeling, and I wasn't prepared for it on Tuesday. But maybe you shouldn't retain these things or you'd be on a permanent high.
Burt Bacharach
#28. Throwing out the first pitch at the Cubs game and having 40,000 people give me a standing ovation was probably one of the highlights of my life. You could see what a great sports town Chicago is.
Patrick Kane
#29. I know many people within Anonymous; I was the keynote speaker at Defcon in Las Vegas and got a standing ovation.
John McAfee
#30. A thunderous boo is one thousand times stronger, nobler, and more powerful than a standing ovation. Admiration corrupts.
Nelson Rodrigues
#31. Because Cards' fans are the most knowledgeable and loyal in all of baseball, they booed almost reluctantly, polite as booing goes, what would have passes as a standing ovation in Philly.
H. G. Bissinger
#32. 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
#33. I don't expect to get a standing ovation from businessmen when I call for higher wages.
Peter Bofinger
#34. 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
#35. To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman.
Jerry Kramer
#36. Hayden's ovaries stood up and delivered a thundering ovation.
Tessa Bailey
#37. The bow is so old, its horsehair is glue
Sent to the factory, just like me and like you
So how come they stayed your execution?
The audience roars its standing ovation
Dust,
Gayle Forman
#38. 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
#39. 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
#40. I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.
Mark Knopfler
#41. I can't believe I just rejected him. I'm stunned, but I also feel like giving myself a standing ovation. I just resisted the advances of Nate Thornhill, my fantasy of almost three years. I should win a willpower award.
Colleen Masters
#43. 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
#44. I love working in Canada. The ovation is great. It makes me feel like I'm the top dog.
Owen Hart
#45. Life is a performance. Earn an ovation.
James Pack
#46. 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
#47. One night in Pittsburgh, thirty-thousand fans gave me a standing ovation when I caught a hot dog wrapper on the fly.
Dick Stuart
#48. Benjamin Netanyahu understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby.
Thomas Friedman
#49. It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.
Luciano Pavarotti
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