“Applause is the beginning of abuse”

“Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.”

Alan Cumming (1965) Scottish actor

“Applause is a receipt, not a bill.”

Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer

“Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.”

Artur Schnabel (1882–1951) Austrian pianist

“Ladies and gentlemen, I resent this applause.”

Brother Theodore (1906–2001) German-American monologuist and comedian

“So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.”

George Lucas (1944) American film producer

“The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

“He was as sentimental as Hitler about applause and crowds.”

Howard Jacobson (1942) British author and journalist

“…glad applause and the heaven-flung shout of the populace.”
Laetifici plausus missusque ad sidera vulgi clamor.

Statius book Thebaid

“You must be prepared to work always without applause.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist