Quotes on Acclaim

The whole world might know you and acclaim you, but someone in the past, forever unreachable, forever unknowing, spoils it all.

One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either.

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.

Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality.

A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to the general applause of wits who believe it's a joke.