Admire Quotes

I don't like that, because there are a lot of people whose works I admire as actors or actresses, or musicians. And you know, I've been a big fan of different musicians or actors.

I read all the time. I was reading a book I admire very much by Alice McDermot called Charming Billy.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

I know people that I respect and admire and look up to who have had extra-marital affairs.

I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made.

I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

I admire Ginsberg as a poet, despite the fact that he seems not to know when he is being good and when he is bad. But he will last, or at least those poems will last.

I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women.

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.

I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was the extreme right wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.

The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.

I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile.

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration.

I really admire people who are extraordinarily tolerant and patient.

In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color.

There is a great deal of cyberpunk that I admire, especially the work of William Gibson which I think is excellent. Somehow he speaks from his own heart and cyber punk is what comes out.

I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'