Admiration Quotes

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them.

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration - not a bunch of half-witted monarchs.

Ignorance is the mother of admiration.

The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section.

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.