Standing 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. AUGUST PULLMAN'S PRECEPT
Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the world.
Auggie

R.J. Palacio

#3. 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

#4. 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

#5. ...a standing ovation from five-year-olds is not to be sniffed at.

Jasper Fforde

#6. I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!'

Polly Bergen

#7. 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

#8. 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

#9. I walked backstage, standing ovation. Everyone was backstage clapping.

The Miz

#10. I get a standing ovation just standing

George Burns

#11. You don't get a standing ovation and get boos, by the way. They don't go hand in hand.

Donald Trump

#12. I hit some great shots in my lifetime; now I hit a decent shot and I get a standing ovation.

Martina Navratilova

#13. 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

#14. Everyone should always have a standing ovation at least once in their life.

R.J. Palacio

#15. 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

#16. When someone throws up while watching one of your movies, it's like a standing ovation.

Eli Roth

#17. The standing ovation threw me ... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.

Michael Caine

#18. I had a fucking standing ovation going on in my goddamn pants, and it was demanding an encore.

Nenia Campbell

#19. 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

#20. 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

#21. 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

#22. I know many people within Anonymous; I was the keynote speaker at Defcon in Las Vegas and got a standing ovation.

John McAfee

#23. A thunderous boo is one thousand times stronger, nobler, and more powerful than a standing ovation. Admiration corrupts.

Nelson Rodrigues

#24. 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

#25. 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

#26. I don't expect to get a standing ovation from businessmen when I call for higher wages.

Peter Bofinger

#27. 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

#28. 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

#29. 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

#30. 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

#31. It is a brave man who is the first to sit down during a standing ovation.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#32. 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

#33. One night in Pittsburgh, thirty-thousand fans gave me a standing ovation when I caught a hot dog wrapper on the fly.

Dick Stuart

#34. Everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their life because we all overcometh the world.

R.J. Palacio

#35. 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

#36. 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