Appreciate famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I appreciate what I have a lot more than I did when I was younger.
-- Aaron Carter -
I try to be as courteous as possible and sometimes try to tell my fans that as much as I appreciate their support, there are times where I need to be able to have an uninterrupted dinner or not have to take a bunch of pictures or just be able to do some of the normal things.
-- Aaron Rodgers -
It is not arrogance to appreciate what Allah has blessed you with; arrogance is to ascribe those blessings to yourself.
-- Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi -
No one who appreciates the shortness of this life and the eternality of the next can ever say, 'I'm bored'
-- Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi -
One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.
-- Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi -
What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it.
-- Adam Baldwin -
I appreciate good criticism and I think it's really important. I don't like it when it's consumer advocacy, like how you should spend your $60. Great criticism is a kind of literature. I've written some criticism, and I really enjoy it because I think it's important for people to know that theatre is vital. Criticism is really unevenly distributed in this town. Obviously the power of the Times is discouraging. It's killing new plays, demolishing one after another.
-- Adam Rapp -
It definitely has learning a lesson about the way you're living your life. I wouldn't compare our movie to that, but it has a structure where it's about a man who doesn't appreciate all that he has and finds out at the end that life has been great and he has to enjoy that.
-- Adam Sandler -
Again, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell, and also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
-- Adam Savage -
Please also remember the pitiful gasping/thirsty little mouths/ beaks in summer. They'll appreciate abundant/fresh/cool/clean/ water! Food they can get easily in parks/sidewalks!
-- Adela Popescu -
As you can appreciate over my lifetime I've developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect box.
-- Adrian Belew -
It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.
-- Adrien Brody -
Moral improvement (or perfecting) require an evolution leading to a higher consciousness, which is the true torch of life; it is what we have failed too much to appreciate, and that which would be fatal to fail to appreciate any longer ("pluslongtemps", Fr.); For if we do not take it upon ourselves to remedy in time to the moral colapse (or bankruptcy) that already threaten, the whole civilisation will risks to disappear.
-- African Spir -
I married an archeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.
-- Agatha Christie -
There is something frightful in being required to enjoy and appreciate all masterpieces; to read with equal relish Milton, and Dante, and Calderon, and Goethe, and Homer, and Scott, and Voltaire, and Wordsworth, and Cervantes, and Molière, and Swift.
-- Agnes Repplier -
I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.
-- Agnetha Faltskog -
My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them.
-- Ahmet Zappa -
My main concern is if this composer has been made aware of the fact that I've come clean in all of my cases. I killed in pure hate, robbing along the way. So if this person hasn't, then I'd sure appreciate it if someone would inform him or her of it.
-- Aileen Wuornos -
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 -
I'm lucky and I appreciate that. I love every minute of every day.
-- Alan Shearer -
It's easy to forget how to appreciate your front door when you're always walking through it
-- Alex Gaskarth -
To bare our souls is all we ask, to give all we have to life and the beings surrounding us. Here the nature spirits are intense and we appreciate them, make offerings to them - these nature spirits who call us here - sealing our fate with each other, celebrating our love.
-- Alex Grey -
Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.
-- Alex Haley -
Food is one of life's really great pleasures. My 20th birthday party was all about booze, my 30th birthday was about drugs, and now I realise that my 40s are about food. It's something you appreciate more and more as you get older.
-- Alex James -
The viewer who sees only a study in the picture of the glass jug illuminated from behind fails to appreciate the masterly composition, the noble purity of the lines, the rich plasticity of the form and consequently also the poetry and beauty of the picture, and still more important, its specifically photographic qualities.
-- Alexander Rodchenko -
I want to be known by people who are knowledgeable about opera, who appreciate bel canto singing, people who have more sensitivity.
-- Alfredo Kraus -
I appreciate an audience that reacts to the music, even if they jump on stage and try to beat us up, I think that's a fantastic reaction. I think that they're really hearing something then.
-- Alice Cooper -
In any case, life is beautiful, extremely beautiful. And when you are old you appreciate it more. When you are older you think, you remember, you care and you appreciate. You are thankful for everything. For everything.
-- Alice Herz-Sommer -
Like when I'm in the bathroom looking at my toilet paper, I'm like 'Wow! That's toilet paper?' I don't know if we appreciate how much we have.
-- Alicia Silverstone -
The Christian faith allows us to see further and deeper, to appreciate that nature is studded with signs, radiant with reminders, and emblazoned with symbols of God, our creator and redeemer.
-- Alister E. McGrath -
Only when the true ends of society have nothing to do with the sublime does "culture" become necessary as a veneer to cover over the void. Culture can at best appreciate the monuments of earlier faith; it cannot produce them.
-- Allan Bloom -
The quickest way to stop noticing something may be to buy it, just as the quickest way to stop appreciating a person may be to marry them.
-- Allison Pearson -
How can we appreciate anything fully when overwhelmed with too much?
-- Ally Condie -
Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.
-- Alvin Adams -
Many countries today have begun the transition from an industrial wealth system and civilization to a knowledge-based system - without appreciating that a new wealth system is impossible without a corresponding new way of life.
-- Alvin Toffler -
As runners, we all go through many transitions-- transitions that closely mimic the larger changes we experience in a lifetime. First, we try to run faster. Then we try to run harder. Then we learn to accept ourselves and our limitations, and at last, we can appreciate the true joy and meaning of running.
-- Amby Burfoot -
God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it.
-- Amelie Nothomb -
All appreciations and praises are worthless unless the one you love appreciates
-- Amit Abraham -
God is the most beautiful, and beauty is the expression of God. If you can't appreciate beauty in the world how can you understand God?
-- Amit Ray -
I'm looking for a Justice who appreciates the awesome responsibility that she will be given, if confirmed. A Justice who understands the gravity of the office and who respects the very different roles that the Constitution provides for each of the three branches of government.
-- Amy Klobuchar -
I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get.
-- Andre Agassi -
We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
-- Andre Maurois -
Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of imagination.
-- Andre Tchelistcheff -
All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.
-- Andrew Bird -
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!
-- Andrew Card -
We Scots have a fierce pride in the things we do that others can never appreciate. I am the British No. 1, but I would prefer to be the British No. 1 from Scotland every time.
-- Andy Murray -
Take time to smell the roses. Appreciating the little things in life really can make all the difference.
-- Andy Puddicombe -
I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script.
-- Angela Bassett -
I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love good news stories. I love great books. I love great articles. I appreciate them so much, and they've been part of my education as a woman.
-- Angelina Jolie -
There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.
-- Angelina Jolie -
People grew lazy. They knew too many blessings, and so lost the ability to appreciate what they had
-- Ann Aguirre -
My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism.
-- Ann Coulter -
There are some questions that shouldn't be asked until a person is mature enough to appreciate the answers.
-- Anne Bishop -
He had not breathed a word of love, or dropped one hint of tenderness or affection, and yet I had been supremely happy. To be near him, to hear him talk as he did talk, and to feel that he thought me worthy to be so spoken to - capable of understanding and duly appreciating such discourse - was enough.
-- Anne Bronte -
No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
-- Anthony Bourdain -
It is terribly important to appreciate that some things remain obscure to the bitter end.
-- Anthony Stafford Beer -
Don't waste your time with people who will ultimately destroy you, but concentrate instead on those who will appreciate your responsibility to them, and, likewise, feel responsible to you.
-- Anton Szandor LaVey -
Its nice to have proper film fans respecting and appreciating your work.
-- Antonia Thomas -
A man ranks lowest on the credibility index; if he refrains to appreciate the creative instinct of his acquaintances jealously, but likes the similar nature works of others especially famous persons.
-- Anuj -
First person to appreciate the good points of others is always special in life as he or she manifests his or her leadership through initiatives.
-- Anuj -
There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures.
-- Arabella Weir -
I love my fans so much! I know I say it all the time, but I really appreciate all the things they have done for me.
-- Ariana Grande -
In the case of some people, not even if we had the most accurate scientific knowledge, would it be easy to persuade them were we to address them through the medium of that knowledge; for a scientific discourse, it is the privilege of education to appreciate, and it is impossible that this should extend to the multitude.
-- Aristotle -
We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted whole.
-- Arthur Erickson -
I want to appreciate you now, and avoid the rush.
-- Ashleigh Brilliant -
The world is so full of wonderful things we should all, if we were taught how to appreciate it, be far richer than kings.
-- Ashley Montagu -
It's hard to appreciate success in modeling, because it's not something you feel like you've earned, so there is a little bit of bread of shame that comes with that. It's like somebody giving you a puzzle that's already put together.
-- Ashton Kutcher -
I realize that most of us live on the skin - on the surface - without appreciating just how wonderful it is simply to be alive at all.
-- Audrey Hepburn -
I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity.
-- Ayelet Waldman -
The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don't know how much I appreciate it.
-- B. B. King -
It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
-- B.K.S. Iyengar -
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.
-- Bainbridge Colby -
Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it
-- Barbara Boxer -
Friends, there is nothing like your own family to make you appreciate strangers!
-- Barbara Kingsolver -
The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.
-- Barbara Kingsolver -
It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done.
-- Barbra Streisand -
To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity.
-- Basil Bunting -
The proud think that their opinion alone is right. They cannot see the good points of others, as the humble do, and appreciate their opinions. That is why there is such disagreement, strife and quarrelling and even irrreconciliation in families and in other groups.
-- Basilea Schlink -
Why wait for the loss of hearing to appreciate sound? Turn off the white noise of your thoughts and start to listen.
-- Bella Bathurst -
You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that's what the storyteller is, and I think it's important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it's all about them, when in reality it's all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen.
-- Ben Kingsley -
Despite my inability to qualify to qualify in South Africa, I did really appreciate the support I got from the IOC particularly the Olympic Solidarity, members of the ICF, my own National Olympic Committee, friends and athletes from the Slalom Community. When I got the wild card, it was the cherry on the cake that I could not have imagined. It was much more than I expected for myself.
-- Benjamin Boukpeti -
Well, I want you to know how much I appreciate this. Really.
-- Benjamin Day -
There's no one in Israel who appreciates more than me the importance of American support for Israel.
-- Benjamin Netanyahu -
A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of course, to the fear-and-laziness draws.
-- Bent Larsen -
The Eucharist bathes the tormented soul in light and love. Then the soul appreciates these words, 'Come all you who are sick, I will restore your health.'
-- Bernadette Soubirous -
When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.
-- Bernard Berenson -
I wonder whether art has a higher function than to make me feel, appreciate, and enjoy natural objects for their art value?
-- Bernard Berenson -
To really appreciate architecture, you may even need to commit a murder.
-- Bernard Tschumi -
In my morning time with God, I ask Him to fill all my hollow places with His lavish, unfailing love. This frees me from craving the approval of others and requiring them to fill up my “cup.†Then, if someone takes the time to demonstrate his or her love for me, that's the overflow! I am free to appreciate and enjoy it, but I didn't emotionally require it!
-- Beth Moore -
Love yourself, appreciate yourself, see the good in you... and respect yourself.
-- Betty Shabazz -
You can't appreciate the good times without the bad ones.
-- Beyonce Knowles -
My mom has given me my sense of style. She has taught me how individual style is so beautiful, what you appreciate on someone else might not be good for you. For her, style is all about being comfortable, and she has an innate sense of sophisticated style.
-- Bibhu Mohapatra -
Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it.
-- Bikram Choudhury -
If this book has a lesson, it is that we are awfully lucky to be here-and by 'we' I mean every living thing. To attain any kind of life in this universe of ours appears to be quite an achievement. As humans we are doubly lucky, of course: We enjoy not only the privilege of existence but also the singular ability to appreciate it and even, in a multitude of ways, to make it better. It is a talent we have only barely begun to grasp.
-- Bill Bryson -
God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.
-- Bill Hybels -
Because of the fact that we've been through so much, we're going to appreciate every step of being parents. I think we're going to savor it and cherish it and we're going to be the best parents we can be.
-- Bill Rancic -
What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.
-- Billy Corgan -
I've got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They're there for me every time.
-- Black Francis -
At my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you.
-- Bob Dole -
Military families so much appreciate the love, support and prayers.
-- Bob McDonnell
