Quotes About Standing Ovations

#1. Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.

George Carlin

#2. Any actress will tell you, when you've been given a starring role in the initial run of a show, you want to be getting the standing ovations every night, not just on review night.

Martine McCutcheon

#3. My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months old and he gets standing ovations on the drums. He's been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he's been on the drums. He's got blisters on his fingers before he can even talk.

Dick Dale

#4. We have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love. Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire. Send thank-you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff.

Tim Minchin

#5. I get standing ovations at meetings when I say Britain should be involved in human spaceflight. Unfortunately, that goal has been blocked by a handful of people in high office.

Helen Sharman

#6. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Francis De Sales

#7. I remember when cable happened and everyone said broadcast was dead, and then satellite happened and everyone said cable was dead, and then DVDs happened and everyone said everything was over. Nothing was over. I'm very optimistic about the future.

Anne Sweeney

#8. If someone can care about me that deeply, despite all my faults, despite all my refutations, despite all my everythings, then that makes all the storms and all the oceans worth it.

T.J. Klune

#9. Tell him I took the cat

J.D. Robb

#10. I choose depending on the way I feel; randomly, in other words. When I haven't done anything for a long time, I always start small, on paper.

Gerhard Richter