"APPLAUSE, n. The echo of a platitude."

"Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones."

"Popular Applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?"

"The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world, is the highest applause."

"I live for the applause, applause, applause I live for the applause-plause, live for the applause-plause Live for the…"

"The applause of a single human being is of great consequence."

"Anybody's applause is better than nobody’s."

"Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause."

"If you enjoy watching birds, you stand in good company. There are, in the estimate of the National Survey on Recreati…"

"Birds become more and more fascinating, not less, the more you watch them."