A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.

I praise loudly. I blame softly.

I would be remiss if I didn't praise Hillary for her excellent judgment in selecting my friend and fellow Virginian, Tim Kaine, to be the next Vice President of the United States!

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

Busquets is a sitting midfield player who breaks up play, intercepts, passes it very quickly and is intelligent. That's what he is. He's not much more than that, but he gets a lot of praise for it. Whereas Eric Dier does a similar job, but sometimes gets loads of criticism for it.

There were songs that we cut out after we chose the name, because 'Praise Break' turned out to be an underlying concept that I didn't know was there.

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.

I got a lot of praise and attention post 'Kai Po Che' but I was thrown into a big ocean suddenly.

Let the master praise him, and say, 'Here ye do well.' For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

There are six 'Time Warp Trio' books that would take a page each to fully praise. And I just thought up twelve more while I was typing this sentence.

I think the word 'twink' is pejorative. There's something endemic about the gay community where we praise masculinity more than anything else.

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.

I have never made a film to praise or to criticize something. That kind of filmmaking is nothing but propaganda.

In football you can take the praise when it comes, but you've got to be ready to take the criticism as well.

Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

I don't take praise or criticism seriously.

In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame.