Appreciation Quotes

‘As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.’ – John F. Kennedy

‘Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.’ – Voltaire

‘One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.’ – Carl Jung

‘The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.’ – Dalai Lama

‘Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.’ – Wayne Dyer

‘A rainbow is the product of physics working for your appreciation of beauty.’ – Kyle Hill

‘Recognition is a reward in itself. Any form of appreciation, even a small word, is important.’ – Vikrant Massey

‘Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.’ – Walt Disney

‘Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.’ – Ralph Marston

‘Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.’ – Alan Cohen

‘The greatest award is the appreciation of the people.’ – Gopi Sundar

‘Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.’ – William Makepeace Thackeray

‘I’ve been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.’ – Blake Lively

‘Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.’ – Louie Schwartzberg

‘The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.’ – Amelia Earhart

‘Don’t get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.’ – Mark Hyman

‘A mentor is someone with a willingness to help others, who has a capacity to inspire, a determination to work hard, a clear sense of vision, an inspiring purpose, a deep sense of integrity and an appreciation for joy.’ – Kerry Kennedy

‘When you don’t come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that’s difficult to come by.’ – Shania Twain

‘I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.’ – Charles M. Schwab

‘By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you’ve achieved – and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses – you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.’ – Jack Canfield

‘We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.’ – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

‘I think the only way to return my followers’ kindness and show my appreciation for their support is to become a better actor – and to help people any way I can.’ – Lee Min-ho

‘There is no bigger certificate than audience appreciation.’ – Mohan Joshi

‘Respect… is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique.’ – Annie Gottlieb

‘I think for any relationship to be successful, there needs to be loving communication, appreciation, and understanding.’ – Miranda Kerr

‘Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It’s like the ultimate rest. It’s better than the best sleep you’ve ever had. It’s a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh.’ – Hugh Jackman

‘The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.’ – E. W. Howe

‘The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.’ – Gilbert K. Chesterton

‘With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.’ – Oprah Winfrey

‘Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people – more just, more moral, more sensitive, more understanding. Perhaps that is true – in certain rare, isolated cases.’ – Paul Auster

‘Artworks are especially good at helping our psyches in a variety of ways: they rebalance our moods, lend us hope, usher in calm, stretch our sympathies, reignite our senses, and reawaken appreciation.’ – Alain de Botton

‘Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.’ – Vidya Balan

‘Love is not just tolerance. It’s not just distant appreciation. It’s a warm sense of, ‘I am enjoying the fact that you are you.” – N. T. Wright

‘Sending a note of appreciation, gratitude, or encouragement can go a long way in showing someone you care.’ – Cynthia Germanotta

‘Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and kindness.’ – Gordon B. Hinckley

‘I live out of my van, which gives me a first-hand appreciation for power and lighting. A few years ago, I rebuilt the interior of my van to include solar panels and a battery that powers LEDs for lighting and allows me to charge my phone and laptop.’ – Alex Honnold

‘I seriously feel like the best days are ahead, and I like the idea of getting to do everything I did before but with more knowledge, experience, and street smarts. There’s a certain love, appreciation, and gratitude that you have at 40 that you don’t have when you’re younger, and it makes every accomplishment feel so much better.’ – Jennifer Lopez

‘All first responders do noble work, and all of them deserve our respect and our appreciation.’ – William Barr

‘Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this country. I don’t know how much history young women today know about those battles.’ – Sandra Day O’Connor

‘I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.’ – Shakira

‘Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.’ – Martha Beck

‘Memorable occasions should be brief, and so should be the expressions of appreciation.’ – Simon Kuznets

‘When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That’s when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.’ – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

‘I started learning filmmaking by joining a weekend film school in Bengaluru. I made some amateur short films that got appreciation from people around me.’ – Karthik Subbaraj

‘The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.’ – Igor Stravinsky

‘Gold medal always feels great. In fact, any appreciation or acknowledgement is a great morale booster.’ – Dutee Chand

‘The crown must constantly earn citizens’ appreciation, respect and trust.’ – Felipe VI of Spain

‘I live in a constant state of gratitude, thankfulness, and appreciation for the second chance I was given, so anytime in any film, when that is given to someone, I always appreciate it.’ – Shawn Michaels

‘We come to love those we serve. If we choose to begin to serve the Master out of even a glimmer of faith, we will begin to know Him. We will come to know His purposes for the people we serve for Him. Even when they do not accept our offer to serve them, we will feel His appreciation if we persist.’ – Henry B. Eyring

‘Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you’re not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!’ – Joyce Meyer

‘My childhood overseas instilled in me an appreciation for foreign languages and cultures, but also a deep understanding of the vital role of American leadership in confronting aggression abroad.’ – Gina Haspel

‘You have a plantation where you have 10 white people and you have about 50 or 60 black people. The automatic thought was, ‘Why didn’t they raise up? Why didn’t they overpower? They had the numbers.’ But really these people, their hope was broken. Their sense of love was broken. Their appreciation for who they were was broken.’ – Aldis Hodge

‘A modern arboretum brings us that ancient forest and, with it, a changed apprehension of time, a renewed appreciation of the elegance of natural form and a renewed sense of wonder at the variety of the world we inhabit.’ – John Burnside

‘I know gymnastics. It’s always been a subjective appreciation.’ – Bela Karolyi

‘I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.’ – Tom Waits

‘While I will always have the utmost respect for the superhuman out-of-bounds freestyle and extreme stunts that seem to continually progress beyond our imaginable limits, my highest appreciation goes out to the simple rider who’s out there just for the experience.’ – Craig Kelly

‘I had a happy childhood in the suburbs of L.A. My parents instilled in us an appreciation of history, art and, most important, Motown. Jarron and I weren’t allowed to listen to rap until we were 12. After our birthday I dashed to Target and bought DJ Quik’s album ‘Quik Is the Name.’ I memorized every line.’ – Jason Collins

‘The four of us enjoyed a most wonderful family atmosphere filled with love and reciprocal devotion. Both parents were highly cultured and instilled in us their high appreciation of intellectual pursuit. It was, however, a typical Victorian style of life, all decisions being taken by the head of the family, the husband and father.’ – Rita Levi-Montalcini

‘The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.’ – Otto Weininger

‘To be more childlike, you don’t have to give up being an adult. The fully integrated person is capable of being both an adult and a child simultaneously. Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement, spontaneous appreciation, cutting loose, and being full of awe and wonder at this magnificent universe.’ – Wayne Dyer

‘There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.’ – J. Donald Walters

‘If a film works, you get more offers, appreciation and the latter is like oxygen. We survive on that.’ – Ali

‘If war teaches you anything, it is an appreciation of being alive.’ – Bruce Grobbelaar

‘It is not so for art in appreciation because art is concerned with human behavior. And science is concerned with the behavior of metal or energy. It depends on what the fashion is. Now today it’s energy. It’s the same soul behind it. The same soul, you see.’ – Josef Albers

‘Everybody has their own style. I’m very particular in what I like, and I try to keep it that way. I always have big appreciation for other people’s styles, and I love seeing how other people dress themselves through their own influences.’ – Divock Origi

‘I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I’m cool with the praise. I’m good.’ – Billie Eilish

‘No one behind you gets the appreciation they deserve.’ – Kerri Walsh Jennings

‘Indeed, I would feel that an appreciation of the arts in a conscious, disciplined way might help one to do science better.’ – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

‘I think the purpose of veganism is an appreciation for plants and veggies and fruit and to just eating cleaner… If you’re going to go vegan, then really learn how to be.’ – Antoni Porowski

‘By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.’ – Voltaire

‘We are on this planet but once, and to spend it holding back our gushing appreciation of the things that light us up is a shameful waste.’ – Jen Sincero

‘My father was Muslim, and my mom is Christian, and we moved from New Orleans to Oakland, so I always had this appreciation for different cultures.’ – Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

‘My parents are the coolest of the cool on every single level, and it’s because they have a deep appreciation for every moment of their lives.’ – Rashida Jones

‘Our appreciation of folk art will strengthen our identities, our pride in belonging to a community. People trained in the creative use of their hands soon acquire skills, excellent craftsmanship which will be the most important measure of how well we can industrialize.’ – F. Sionil Jose

‘I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.’ – Tim Ferriss

‘What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.’ – Richard Gere

‘It was a privilege to work with Ballantyne, an iconic brand possessing such a rich British heritage. Ballantyne has a great appreciation of style and craftsmanship which truly complements the Matthew Williamson brand.’ – Matthew Williamson

‘One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is easy to see how sincere people are. It’s nothing fake or jive. They’re giving sincere appreciation. And it’s not that easy to express.’ – John Astin

‘When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.’ – Bernard Berenson

‘Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family – that’s impossible. It lies, instead, in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don’t empathize with distant strangers, their lives have the same value as the lives of those we love.’ – Paul Bloom

‘Appreciation has become my destiny in life. Perhaps it’s the instinct of a polar bear enjoying hibernation in the vast snows.’ – Liu Xiaobo

‘My family loves movies. My dad and I used to eat a huge breakfast, and then we’d just go hang out at the theater all day together. We loved movies like ‘Indiana Jones’ and ‘James Bond.’ We were both big action-adventure movie fans. So I kind of grew up with an appreciation for film.’ – Glen Powell

‘The Commonwealth Games is an event for everyone. I believe it continues because of the unity and appreciation in respect of diversity, different nationalities coming together to compete under one Commonwealth banner.’ – Denise Lewis

‘I don’t know what people find or like in me, I’m hopelessly commonplace! Current appreciation of my work is a bit highbrow, I’ve always considered myself a popular artist.’ – Maxfield Parrish

‘The thing about Sondheim is that it does get very cerebral. You do need a faculty with words and a love for the lyrics to not just pull it off, but to have an appreciation for it.’ – Lea Salonga

‘I have given up the idea that there is an opposition-free church out there. But I have gained something else – an appreciation for the gift of opposition. When it comes, I learn something about my motives. When it comes, I get to test my courage.’ – John Ortberg

‘Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.’ – Mariska Hargitay

‘My Chinese side comes out in my dancing. There’s a certain in-the-moment sentimentality, an appreciation for the smallest details.’ – Yuan Yuan Tan

‘Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.’ – William Safire

‘There is a lot of appreciation for Shahbaz Sharif.’ – Nawaz Sharif

‘There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds.’ – G. H. Hardy

‘The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.’ – Alfred North Whitehead

‘But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and the history of scientific ideas, rather than laboratory experience.’ – Richard Dawkins

‘I have to say that it was working with my grandpa, who grew up on a farm in Mountain Home, Idaho, that had the most influence. Witnessing his work ethic and hearing his stories gave me an appreciation for the farm’s best lessons.’ – John Bytheway

‘If you haven’t used Bitcoin first-hand, you may not get the inherent advantage of a quicker appreciation and understanding of its potential. Seeing assets move swiftly without intermediaries is an eye opening experience, and that is just a starting point.’ – William Mougayar

‘As a former player, I have a real appreciation for a guy like Aaron Rodgers and how much time he puts into his craft and how good he is doing it.’ – Troy Aikman

‘We all want recognition and validation to an extent for our art, but greatness as a trade for decency is a risky proposition. In my life, I try to leave the people I encounter with the feeling that they have been respected and treated with warmth and appreciation.’ – El-P

‘There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.’ – Friedrich Nietzsche

‘About tidying up a toy box, you should let your kids experience the selection process by touching all of their toys. It’s also important how they throw away their toys. They can earn a stronger sense of valuing things when they throw things away with respect and appreciation.’ – Marie Kondo

‘Writing for children hadn’t occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.’ – Zilpha Keatley Snyder

‘You can’t deny a band whose fans will literally do anything to see them win the awards. We’re very appreciative to the fan base. That mutual feeling of appreciation is something that really helps.’ – Andy Biersack

‘During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in asking myself, from time to time, whether we were showing by our lives due appreciation of the opportunities which this hospitable country affords. My approach to Zionism was through Americanism.’ – Louis D. Brandeis

‘I had spent some time in the outback, but to meet Aboriginals and work with them was wonderful. It gave me a great appreciation of how tough life is and about the indomitable spirit that the Aboriginal people have always possessed.’ – Hugh Jackman

‘I’ve learned that I’ve just barely scratched the surface of knowledge of the profession, and I have deep envy of and appreciation for filmmakers who really, truly understand the physics, the design of filmmaking. They can do story and color and composition and geometry and math and science all at once.’ – Julie Plec

‘Of all the seasons, winter is the most conducive to the great art of dormancy. This art requires an appreciation of semi-consciousness: the beautiful and necessary prelude to sleep – a special pleasure in itself that is all too often neglected, under-valued or looked down upon.’ – Michael Leunig

‘I’m really into architecture, I’m a member of the Brutalist Appreciation Society; I’m a member of the Postmodern Society. I write letters to save buildings.’ – Roisin Murphy

‘To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life may become a part of living is the attitude of aesthetic appreciation.’ – George Herbert Mead

‘Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive.’ – Gordon B. Hinckley

‘I wouldn’t say I’m a mummy’s girl, but I have grown to have a tremendous appreciation of her as a woman. I was very much a daddy’s girl.’ – Gwyneth Paltrow

‘The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such as the appreciation of paintings and stories, and it is true as well for pleasures that seem simpler and more animalistic, such as the satisfaction of hunger and lust.’ – Paul Bloom

‘Japan, not only a mega-busy city that thrives on electronics and efficiency, actually has an almost sacred appreciation of nature. One must travel outside of Tokyo to truly experience the ‘old Japan’ and more importantly feel these aspects of Japanese culture.’ – Apolo Ohno

‘The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.’ – Gary Zukav

‘I think people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don’t ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.’ – Nick Saban

‘I think I was given a gift to wrestle. And I think when I came back, I had a much better appreciation of that. And I believe the way I went about doing it made me better at it. I didn’t identify myself with the job as I did so much in the ’90s. In the ’90s, I didn’t know who I was other than ‘the wrestler.” – Shawn Michaels

‘I’ve got two extremes. I want to live hard and enjoy myself and do dangerous things, but I’m also quite rudimentary when it comes down to it, and I just like simple things. When you can have an appreciation for those little things, everything else in life feels amazing.’ – Harris Dickinson

‘All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.’ – Cyril Connolly

‘Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return.’ – Bob Taft

‘Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq.’ – Christine Gregoire

‘I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.’ – Anthony Daniels

‘Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations.’ – Lincoln Chafee

‘We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it’s timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there’s going to be a real appreciation.’ – Art Garfunkel

‘If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.’ – Brad Sherman

‘The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what’s given back to me by the audience. You would think you would be a performer partly so you could feel all the appreciation or adulation, but I haven’t quite managed that yet.’ – Michelle Shocked

‘Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.’ – Isaac Rosenberg

‘Bing was always hesitant to accept appreciation in any form.’ – Bob Crosby

‘All I know is that history repeats itself and people are going to want to experience the world. But I know then they are going to have a better appreciation for what is here in Maine.’ – John Baldacci

‘We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music.’ – Jim Capaldi

‘I had a connoisseur’s… appreciation of fear.’ – Peter Straub

‘This familiarity with a respected physician and my appreciation of his work, or the tragedy I experienced with the long, tormented agony and death of my mother might have influenced me in wanting to study medicine. It was not the case.’ – Albert Claude

‘By climbing a steeper road, the value and appreciation Delaware State students took and continue to take from their education and their experiences is just as great, if not greater, than students attending ivy league schools.’ – Michael N. Castle

‘Since September 11, 2001, many in this nation and this Congress have a deeper appreciation for the importance of the sacrifices made by our law enforcement officers.’ – Jerry Costello

‘A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement.’ – Paul D. Boyer

‘I think the problem starts with the general appreciation of the music in the larger society.’ – Sonny Rollins

‘President Reagan always gave the credit to the American people and American ideals. He treated his job as a valuable temporary loan from the American people, a loan that should be respected and returned with dutiful appreciation.’ – William L. Jenkins

‘I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.’ – David Rockefeller

‘Government workers often get a bad rap, but it’s rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works.’ – Matthew Lesko

‘Manifold subsequent experience has led to a truer appreciation and a more moderate estimate of the importance of the dependence of one living being upon another.’ – Richard Owen

‘Up until doing this movie, I hadn’t really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out.’ – Chiaki Kuriyama

‘If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film.’ – Vin Diesel

‘I am glad to have this opportunity of expressing my high appreciation of the honour extended to me many years ago by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science by enrolling me amongst its members.’ – Guglielmo Marconi

‘After the tragedy, New Yorkers are more united than ever in their vision, as well as in appreciation what living in freedom means – and that if we stand together, we can accomplish anything.’ – George Pataki

‘Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves.’ – Jesse James Garrett

‘Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we’re making a movie!’ – James L. Brooks

‘When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.’ – Martha Beck

‘Nor do we begin to have a clear appreciation of what the increase in consumption of alcoholic beverages in wartime means in increased risk, and in loss of efficiency to the fighting and working forces of the country.’ – William Lyon Mackenzie King

‘So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.’ – Terrence Howard

‘Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another.’ – John Clayton

‘Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn’t hurt your appreciation of the painting.’ – Jodie Foster

‘As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children’s feelings, but I’m making up for that now. I’m winning my children’s trust back.’ – Maurice Gibb

‘No, but I’ve always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don’t take my fans for granted.’ – John Fogerty

‘But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a reader of my own plays to audiences who like to hear them; and that experience of immediate appreciation gives greater pleasure and more stimulus towards further activity than even the most laudatory of reviews.’ – Laurence Housman

‘No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.’ – Zane Grey

‘Such manifestations I account as representing the creative leadership of the new forces of thought and appreciation which attend changes in technological pattern and therefore of the pattern of human relationships in society.’ – John Grierson

‘Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior.’ – Henry Ossawa Tanner

‘I’ve had a very good career and I’m grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.’ – Ben Stiller

‘There is really a whole new appreciation when you leave and then come back.’ – Hunter Tylo

‘I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation’s leading role models.’ – Solomon Ortiz

‘Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action.’ – Cordell Hull

‘The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.’ – Penelope Spheeris

‘J. Lo is also an homage to my fans. That’s what fans call me on the streets, and I like it. So giving the album this title is my way of telling them that this is for them, in appreciation of their support.’ – Jennifer Lopez

‘Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created the greatest nation for people in the history of humanity. Now Obama is dismantling it, because he has no appreciation for our greatness. In fact, he resents it. He blames this country for whatever evils he sees around the world.’ – Rush Limbaugh

‘As I’ve said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis’ future.’ – Barack Obama

‘I came up during the ‘Star Wars’ generation and that was sort of the thing I plugged into much more. It was a little before my time and I think it was sort of grappling with these intellectual ideas that were a little advanced for my young mind. At the time. But now I have a much deeper appreciation for it.’ – Zachary Quinto

‘I’ve really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.’ – Mike Singletary

‘I was in the middle of the golf tournament trying to make birdies and I was just having a blast. So that probably qualifies as having a greater appreciation.’ – David Duval

‘You can’t get more appreciation than that, to be elected by the fans. That’s the ultimate, really.’ – Eric Davis

‘One of the things that we hope to do with ‘Pitchmen’ is to give people an appreciation of what we do.’ – Billy Mays

‘I obviously have a great love and appreciation of jewelry, thanks to my mother, much to the dismay of both my father and my boyfriends.’ – Ivanka Trump

‘When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country.’ – Jenna Bush

‘As I get older, my appreciation for wine has just increased. I fell in love with wine through my travels, but knowing what the wine country is all about definitely makes it my own.’ – Jeff Gordon

‘When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.’ – Michael Jordan

‘Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn’t want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process.’ – Julian Castro

‘I wish I could give you all the examples over the last two years as secretary of agriculture, where I hear people in rural America constantly being criticized, without any expression of appreciation for what they do do.’ – Tom Vilsack

‘My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.’ – K. D. Lang

‘I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.’ – Jesse Jackson

‘If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.’ – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

‘After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society.’ – Eliot Spitzer

‘It’s easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.’ – Christoph Waltz

‘I definitely have an appreciation for fashion.’ – Mia Wasikowska

‘Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I’ve done, almost because I’m not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.’ – Steve Coogan

‘I had tried painting, mostly to give myself a greater appreciation of the craft and to inform how I looked at paintings. That led to collaging some of the work I had done on paper, and I found myself mixing in found pieces as well.’ – Matt Gonzalez

‘I’ve discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common – a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also full of love and appreciation for the work, for each other and for the people in the audience.’ – Berry Gordy

‘I would like to extend to you our deep appreciation and thanks for the position the United States has taken in support of the democratization process that has taken place in Tunisia, in Egypt, and what is attempting to take place in Libya.’ – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

‘As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and thwarts attacks. Intelligence saves lives.’ – John O. Brennan

‘I lost a dear friend of mine from a rugby injury at 26. We don’t usually deal with mortality at that early age and it’s given me an appreciation of time, of trying to fit everything in.’ – Matthew Rhys

‘Antique things have an appreciation and worth. Something can be old, but it can be timeless; therefore, it becomes an antique. If this antique is preserved and deemed precious, it could be passed down as a family heirloom.’ – CeeLo Green

‘The thing that I think is the most important is taking moments to express your appreciation to your partner. A thank you or a quick kiss can go a long way toward affirming your relationship and commitment to each other. That’s not hard to do even when you’re juggling insane careers and three kids.’ – Michael Ian Black

‘I have just enough public appreciation to make me happy.’ – Jonathan Pryce

‘My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad’s dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path.’ – Tony Hale

‘Many anti-energy groups display little appreciation of the extent to which modern economies depend pervasively on the use of fossil fuels and petrochemical products.’ – Robert Higgs

‘The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature.’ – Deborah Harkness

‘Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women because we don’t all come in one package. We’re not pre-destined to all be a size six.’ – Andie MacDowell

‘It’s really interesting with art-movies too, but art especially – to see how your attitude toward artists and works and your level of appreciation of them is always shifting and changing over the years.’ – Richard Hell

‘The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.’ – Ben Vereen

‘I don’t have that kind of voice, the big baritone or rousing tenor sound. My wheelhouse was in the frothier pieces. So my appreciation for those older musicals and revivals grew.’ – Jesse Tyler Ferguson

‘Evolution isn’t just a story about where we came from. It’s an epic at the center of life itself. Far from robbing our lives of meaning, it instills an appreciation for the beautiful, enduring, and ultimately triumphant fabric of life that covers our planet. Understanding that doesn’t demean human life – it enhances it.’ – Kenneth R. Miller

‘What evolution tells us is that we are part of a grand, dynamic, and ever-changing fabric of life that covers our planet. Even to a person of faith, in fact especially to a person of faith, an understanding of the evolutionary process should only deepen their appreciation of the scope and wisdom of the creator’s work.’ – Kenneth R. Miller

‘My appreciation for cooking and healthy living came from watching my best friend die from liver cancer in 2008. I realized that I needed to make some big changes if I wanted to be around for a long time, so now I’m more cautious of how much I eat, what I’m eating, and how often.’ – Sara Ramirez

‘I have a lot of appreciation for what people do in front of the camera as well as behind the camera. I don’t think I could like one without the other. Eventually, I think the road will lead me down to producing or directing, because it’s more about problem solving.’ – Masi Oka

‘The person who should really write an appreciation of the late great Dom DeLuise is Burt Reynolds, who, even more than Mel Brooks, made of the jolly, beanie wearing fat man a side-kick and a legend.’ – Rich Cohen

‘Workaholics typically have a lot of achievement with very little appreciation of what they have, whether it’s cars or friendships or otherwise. That is a shallow victory. Then you have people with a lot of appreciation and no achievement, which is fine, but it doesn’t create a lot of good in the world.’ – Tim Ferriss

‘Families have become models for public life, constructing friendships between individuals of different temperaments, ambitions and ages, even if they are often unsuccessful. People now want, above all, appreciation of their uniqueness.’ – Theodore Zeldin

‘I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.’ – Walter Dean Myers

‘Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature enhanced by information about the writer’s work.’ – Leland Ryken

‘If you drive to, say, Shenandoah National Park, or the Great Smoky Mountains, you’ll get some appreciation for the scale and beauty of the outdoors. When you walk into it, then you see it in a completely different way. You discover it in a much slower, more majestic sort of way.’ – Bill Bryson

‘Much as I resented having to grow up in Des Moines, it gave me a real appreciation for every place in the world that’s not Des Moines.’ – Bill Bryson

‘I pray every day. In the mornings and, before I go to bed. I think it’s important to pray not just when things are going bad. When things are going bad, it’s easy to pray and ask God to help you out, but it’s also important to pray when things are going well and show your appreciation.’ – Jermain Defoe

‘My favorite memories growing up in North Carolina were hunting and fishing with my father and brothers. There, I developed a deep appreciation for protecting land and waterways. There, I learned outdoorsmanship.’ – Louis Bacon

‘I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.’ – Laurance Rockefeller

‘I don’t know about you, but I’ve saved cards that old high school flames wrote me as well as those that employees have written me over the years. The power of genuine, customized appreciation will never lose its value, even in a gloomy economy… in fact, it’s probably what we’re all thirsty for in this desert of a depression.’ – Chip Conley

‘I’m Jewish and respect the traditions of Judaism, but through all the time I’ve spent photographing nature, I also have a deep appreciation for the power of the universe. No, not the power of the universe, but just celebrating life.’ – Louie Schwartzberg

‘I’m not an evangelist Christian at all. I can’t try to convert anybody. It’s not in me to do that. But my faith has given me such an appreciation of people and meaningful relationships, and a world view which I didn’t have before. And although I will fail every day, it gives me something to aspire to.’ – David Suchet

‘I will say this: the first film that I was on was ‘In the Heat of the Night’, that Norman Jewison directed with Sidney Poitier. I’m on the set, and I’m totally taking it for granted. Everyone is working for everyone else and pulling for the very best, and it makes everyone better because you feel that effort and concern and appreciation.’ – Scott Wilson

‘There’s an appreciation of the whole picture of life as opposed to just ambition and circumstance and all the stuff that happens in this business. You find yourself lucky enough to be working with somebody really talented who you know and who you trust.’ – Wayne Knight

‘I would not want to be a part of any project that I feel would not work. An actor like me always wants to work to get appreciation of the audiences. And appreciation can only come if people will come to watch the film.’ – Rani Mukerji

‘Politicians need a film appreciation course.’ – Anurag Kashyap

‘It might sound cliched, but choosing the right script is crucial. I think ‘Badmaash Company’ was a very big break for me because it gave me a lot of appreciation from the masses. It made me more confident as an actor.’ – Vir Das

‘I’ve learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.’ – Dan Brown

‘The world I live in is benefiting from things like satellite radio. Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I’m hearing is an appreciation of real music.’ – Bonnie Raitt

‘Not being a natural songwriter… for me the appreciation of a great song and the writers came early on, growing up in a musical family. My dad got to sing songs by some of the greatest writers of all time, Rodgers and Hammerstein.’ – Bonnie Raitt

‘No one who strives with full faith and heart for the blessings of eternal life will be denied. And how great will be the joy and how much deeper the appreciation then after enduring in patience and faith now.’ – Henry B. Eyring

‘I remember thinking that people were crazy for reading the same book more than once, but I now have a new-found appreciation for the re-discovery of literature. The lessons we learned from books in the school curriculum are reinvented and updated when we read as adults.’ – Rachel Nichols

‘Instead of constantly enhancing the norm – forever upping the ante of the ‘normal’ with new technologies – we should work on enhancing the concept of normal by broadening appreciation of anatomical variation.’ – Alice Dreger

‘You have to understand, beauty differs from country to country. When I came to India, I found my sense of belonging and appreciation. People thought I was beautiful.’ – Katrina Kaif

‘I admire Kings of Leon. I think their records are amazing. Just from hanging out with them, I can say they’re good guys. It’s cool to see that they get to do what they love. But I think they clearly have an appreciation for where they came from, and it has shaped who they are.’ – Nick Jonas

‘As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, ‘White Light/White Heat,’ and it was too much for my limited scope of appreciation. It was intense, but I didn’t get it.’ – Henry Rollins

‘Working on ‘Newsroom’ has given me an appreciation of the struggle that you go through on the 24-hour news cycle. The people who are legitimately attempting to deliver honest news are really facing a tough, uphill climb that’s a lot harder than any other time in history.’ – Thomas Sadoski

‘I’ve wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it – but that’s why I became an actor.’ – Vidya Balan

‘I always wanted to live the lives of different people, portray characters that are different from me. But I could have done that in front of a mirror, also, I didn’t need to do films for that. At the end of the day, it’s this fame, recognition, popularity, the love and appreciation you get from your audience that drives you.’ – Vidya Balan

‘At least in part, people are attracted to subjects where they can identify at a basic level with the people who do it. The extraordinary aesthetic of the natural world is not obvious to someone who never leaves the inner city. Appreciation of the elegance and power of physical law is an acquired taste.’ – Margaret Geller

‘Not only have I made films about the subject, but I’ve largely funded them on my own, so I’m fully committed to doing whatever I can to change the audience’s respect and appreciation for the ocean. In 100 years I want whales, dolphins and sharks to still be around, and the ocean to be a healthier place.’ – Greg MacGillivray

‘My first big break was ‘White Chicks.’ I had only been acting for about two years and I certainly didn’t feel like I was ready for such an opportunity. It could only be the hand of God blessing me. I accept everything I’m given with great appreciation.’ – Rochelle Aytes

‘The point of Jesus’ existence wasn’t to lessen or diminish our appreciation of each other, but to expand our appreciation of each other by reminding us what lies within all of us, because Jesus was an example of the pinnacle of human evolution.’ – Marianne Williamson

‘Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music.’ – Christian Scott

‘Americans born since World War II have grown up in a media-saturated environment. From childhood, we have developed a sort of advertising literacy, which combines appreciation for technique with skepticism about motives. We respond to ads with at least as much rhetorical intelligence as we apply to any other form of persuasion.’ – Virginia Postrel

‘Gymnastics, for me, gave me a lot of self-pride: that drive to want to be great at something for myself. But it also gave me a sense of appreciation toward God. Now that I’m getting older, I really appreciate the talents God gave me. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally.’ – Amanda Borden

‘Improving the Internet is just one means, albeit an important one, by which to improve the human condition. It must be done with an appreciation for the civil and human rights that deserve protection – without pretending that access itself is such a right.’ – Vint Cerf

‘President Benson’s mighty influence is felt in many ways. His timely and inspired counsel to read the precious Book of Mormon brought an added appreciation of this sacred scripture to all who followed his direction.’ – Joseph B. Wirthlin

‘Despite his NFL pedigree, Clay Matthews had to fight every step of the way to get to the NFL. Once there, he’s had a unique appreciation of what it took to succeed.’ – Hannah Storm

‘I’m born and raised in Georgia, so I have a lot of appreciation for hip-hop, but I want to be able to show the emotional side of me.’ – Keri Hilson

‘Because Iranians have had to fight so long and painfully for political freedom, they have a deep appreciation for its value – perhaps deeper than many in the West who take their electoral rights for granted.’ – Stephen Kinzer

‘Simplicity can have a negative impact when it’s the crude reduction of nuances beyond appreciation: a Matisse presented as a 16-color GIF.’ – Matt Mullenweg

‘You grow up with a heightened sense of the Civil Rights Movement, but I think it wasn’t until I became of age that I really had a great appreciation for the struggle that took place.’ – Terri Sewell

‘People who have passion for horror stories, their appreciation/my appreciation is looking at it as opera.’ – Bryan Fuller

‘In Sheffield, we need support from the community and for the community. We need integration with no loss of heritage, and a clear appreciation of what is and is not acceptable.’ – David Blunkett

‘It is not an aesthetic misstep to make the viewer aware of the paint and the painter’s hand. Such an empathetic awareness lies at the heart of aesthetic appreciation.’ – John Updike

‘Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women because we don’t all come in one package. We’re not pre-destined to all be a size six. It’s very hard for a large group of women to maintain a thinness which is, after all, only natural to a few people.’ – Andie MacDowell

‘As I’ve grown older, I’ve developed an appreciation for wines that are immediately gratifying but that can also provide great satisfaction over several years.’ – Robert M. Parker, Jr.

‘I’ve always enjoyed drinking wine, ever since I was in college. My appreciation really took off when I began to visit Napa. I was toying with an idea of making wine in Napa, but it’s prohibitively expensive, and the competition is fierce.’ – Kyle MacLachlan

‘I never felt that my life was not complete without a child. I don’t know if that, as a younger man, I’d have had full appreciation for it.’ – Kyle MacLachlan

‘Mass appreciation doesn’t always equate to something good.’ – Jamie Dornan

‘There is a level of appreciation for brothers and sisters in the hood.’ – John Boyega

‘Everybody has their own appreciation of the Beach Boys, depending on where they’re coming from with their musical tastes, so we tried to be representative of all eras and of everybody in the band and their contributions.’ – Mike Love

‘I’m not sure it’s a better music world of appreciation and performance. I think the listener is a different guy, and listening is something he does in passing, with other stuff going on. There’s less care and understanding of the relationship between the song and the listener.’ – Al Jarreau

‘When a team has to work over a weekend, make a high priority of being there as well, even if it’s just to stop by and buy them a meal to show your appreciation.’ – Scott Weiss

‘We have to move from the unbridled pursuit of self-gain at the expense of others to recovering appreciation for what we gain by caring and sharing with one another.’ – Gail Sheehy

‘I believe that we are going to have a much deeper appreciation of what kinds of abnormalities in cancer cells and in the surrounding cells that feed and respond to cancers are vulnerabilities that will allow us to make better predictions of which kinds of drugs will work to treat these cancers.’ – Harold E. Varmus

‘What’s fantastic is that there’s a real growing appreciation for performance-capture technology as a tool for acting.’ – Andy Serkis

‘The mere suggestion that not speaking for a day can give you an appreciation of the social isolation that comes with the experience of disability, particularly those whose impairments prohibit them from communicating verbally, is insensitive at best.’ – Stella Young

‘People don’t appreciate their intestines until something goes wrong. But I always hope that people gain a little appreciation for their guts.’ – Mary Roach

‘My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design.’ – Blake Lively

‘I have been writing fairy tales for as long as I can remember. Not much has changed in terms of my natural attraction to the narrative techniques of fairy tales. My appreciation of them in the traditional stories has deepened, especially of flat and unadorned language, intuitive logic, abstraction, and everyday magic.’ – Kate Bernheimer

‘Hunger, I discovered, is very much a matter of the mind, and as I began to study my own appetites, I saw that my teenage craving had not really been for food. That ravenous desire had been a yearning for love, attention, appreciation. Food had merely been my substitute.’ – Ruth Reichl

‘Fashion is something I’ve always been interested in… I used to watch the Oscars but paid no attention to the awards… It wasn’t until I started attending red carpet events and was flown out to Paris for my first show, and saw how much is put into it all, that I had this new appreciation for everything.’ – Hailee Steinfeld

‘I have spent all my life advocating on behalf of the poor, oppressed and marginalized. As a social justice and human rights activist, and now as President of the Republic of Malawi, I have a deep appreciation for the challenges of those on the margins of society.’ – Joyce Banda

‘I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one.’ – Gia Coppola

‘Now that I’m older, I have a much better appreciation of nature, and I love being alone.’ – Gia Coppola

‘In India, nobody really talks about works of art; they always talk about the appreciation of art. You buy this for 3,000 rupees, it’ll become 30,000 in two months.’ – A. Balasubramaniam

‘Besides the aesthetics, besides teaching an appreciation of T.S. Eliot, a basic need is fulfilled when you teach English at CUNY.’ – Billy Collins

‘I think what I brought from the private sector was a real appreciation of how much leverage – respect, if you will – that the SEC has. Major companies, in particular, really don’t want to be at war with their primary regulator. The SEC may not have appreciated just how great our leverage is.’ – Mary Jo White

‘I have an appreciation for everywhere I’ve been so far.’ – OMI

‘No one among us suffers the radical appreciation for coffee that I do. It calls to me, but I have learned not to listen.’ – Ron Carlson

‘A man, to carry on a successful business, must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. A man can cultivate this faculty only by an appreciation of the finer things in life.’ – Charles M. Schwab

‘It was hard for my father to read; it took him a long time, but he had tremendous retention and tremendous appreciation for writing.’ – Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.

‘To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems.’ – John Eccles

‘You can’t hint a man into bestowing the ideal gift that displays all the love, appreciation and understanding you feel is lacking the rest of year.’ – Lynn Coady

‘ROIers are always reaching out to me to share their appreciation for the experiences, opportunities and connections we have provided and also to express their excitement about taking the next step in their leadership journey.’ – Lynn Schusterman

‘Teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with ten or eleven years of experience as human beings. It is, I think, a magical time – when so much has been learned, but not yet enough to entirely extinguish the magical reach and freedom of early childhood.’ – Zilpha Keatley Snyder

‘My entire life changed when I became a mother – my priorities, my understanding, appreciation of life, and my relationship with God.’ – Kourtney Kardashian

‘People like to know you’re listening, and something as simple as a clarification question shows not only that you are listening but that you also care about what they’re saying. You’ll be surprised how much respect and appreciation you gain just by asking good questions.’ – Travis Bradberry

‘When you talk to an author – to any artist, really – you learn something about how they do what they do. I’ve never come away from that kind of experience feeling disillusioned, as if the magician had explained his tricks. I always find a greater appreciation for the form.’ – Rebecca Makkai

‘Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one’s appreciation of the good at home, and, above all, of the quietness and purity of English domestic life.’ – Isabella Bird

‘To hear the appreciation, the screams – that’s what any of us need. We’re at our best when we’re wanted.’ – R. Kelly

‘I think that even though some of the things on ‘Humans of New York’ are kind of very personal and very revealing, I think the discomfort with sharing that tends to be overwritten by the appreciation of being able to distill the experience of your life into a story and share it with other people.’ – Brandon Stanton

‘By late 1953, going to New York on vacation, I had lined up several Time Inc. interviews – and what they did was give me a lifelong appreciation of the importance of luck in getting a job.’ – Carol Loomis

‘I don’t think people have an appreciation for the work that it takes to pull these missions off, like humans living on the space station continuously for 15 years. It is a huge army of hard-working people to make it happen.’ – Scott Kelly

‘Eating well is a lifelong priority. My appreciation for cooking and healthy living came from watching my best friend die from liver cancer in 2008. I realized that I needed to make some big changes if I wanted to be around for a long time, so now I’m more cautious of how much I eat, what I’m eating, and how often.’ – Sara Ramirez

‘I have a very clear picture of what I want to do and what I feel is important as far as my contribution or my appreciation and respect for this life that we’re living, and to try to make it better. I can’t feel that I’m making it better playing commercial music, and I never could, and I never will.’ – Charlie Haden

‘I was brought up in a house with a lot of appreciation for music, all kinds of music, including jazz. But I never knew that it could really be a career. I didn’t know any jazz singers. I never saw live jazz. I only heard these records.’ – Cecile McLorin Salvant

‘I worked at a nursing home though high school… There’s a lost appreciation for a generation that has so much to tell us when we’re so full of self-help books and doctors on TV.’ – Bonnie Hunt

‘I think, now that I am a mother, I look at other mums like Jo Pavey and just mums that go back to work and work incredibly hard, and I have so much admiration and appreciation for how hard it is.’ – Jessica Ennis-Hill

‘When you’ve got children, it’s easy to do that thing of keeping a tally of who woke up earliest and whose turn it is to put them to bed. But I think the important thing is to appreciate and love each other and to show that appreciation.’ – Olivia Colman

‘What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.’ – Nadia Comaneci

‘I think a lot of my appreciation for the Doors’ music, which I love, originates with my discovery of them through seeing ‘Apocalypse Now.’ It’s my second favorite film of all time.’ – Scott Derrickson

‘I studied Shakespeare in college, but not theatrically, more in terms of literature, and then I kind of took a break from it. Now there’s resurgence in my appreciation for him. It’s amazing: there are so many book titles and song titles that come just from lines that he wrote.’ – Julia Stiles

‘Having parents that have been through the wars of films and having a brother and sister who have done it at the highest level, you gain an appreciation. But we’ve always had closeness as a family. That’s our anchor.’ – Wyatt Russell

‘I have nothing but love for my time I spent in Denver, and appreciation, and gratitude.’ – Brock Osweiler

‘The more you learn about the science of boxing, the more appreciation you have for man’s ability to think and perform in violent situations, and that’s what interests me in film.’ – Peter Berg

‘To argue that it is unconstitutional for local law enforcement to be a legitimate partner in immigration enforcement is shortsighted. It is evidence of a lack of commitment to securing our borders and a lack of appreciation for the proper role of the states in supporting federal law enforcement priorities.’ – Asa Hutchinson

‘I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I’ve got great appreciation for it.’ – Reggie Jackson

‘I’m not an impressionist, per se, but if you do any kind of comedy – and they ask you to do that, most of the time – there’s some degree of appreciation, I think, involving somebody you like.’ – Alec Baldwin

‘I don’t know that I would host the Golden Globes or the Emmys because I don’t think they have the appreciation for irreverence that the Critics Choice does.’ – T. J. Miller

‘I don’t mind that I am not necessarily a household name, because I think my characters have outshined me. That was by design. And I’m not wanting for appreciation.’ – Jeffrey Wright

‘My grandfather used to write one sentence every day in his journal: ‘I love Anne more than ever today.’ I think that was his meditation – keeping him in his marriage, and also his appreciation for it. It was very touching.’ – Justin Theroux

‘The achievement is appreciation. Your ability to be surprised and awed by beauty!’ – William Hurt

‘I would like people to have an appreciation for what happened to women under the Taliban, as in ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns.’ I hope they get a sense of how connected we all are.’ – Khaled Hosseini

‘Playing in those bars where people really don’t care about your music really gives you an appreciation for when you get to a concert, and people are singing your original music – it’s been a great journey, but I definitely didn’t have an interest in music as a kid until I was a teenager.’ – Jacob Whitesides

‘There are no actions involved in ‘beautiful.’ It’s such an inactive thing, and it’s so subject to each individual’s taste and appreciation. It’s a lovely word, but I feel like it’s been hijacked by really boring, dull people who don’t understand how to use words.’ – Ruth Negga

‘Rob Neill has a deep appreciation for the law and the role it can play in the lives of families. Rob’s sincere desire to serve and his impressive experience will make him the kind of judge who will change lives and impact families in a positive way.’ – Gary Herbert

‘U.S. economic activity continues to expand, led by solid growth in household spending. But business investment remains soft, and subdued foreign demand and the appreciation of the dollar since mid-2014 continue to restrain exports.’ – Janet Yellen

‘I have a fond appreciation for the Canadian culture and the Canadian food scene in general.’ – Guy Fieri

‘You don’t have to tip anybody, anywhere, anything. You do so only because you want to, in appreciation for service well-rendered.’ – Michael Frome

‘I feel that in spite of having a big launch with ‘RNBDJ’ and the film doing well for me in terms of getting appreciation, I don’t think it made me the next big thing.’ – Anushka Sharma

‘All the appreciation I have been receiving has been very encouraging. It pushes me to do better.’ – Armaan Malik

‘Whatever I might have imagined a terminal diagnosis would do to my spirit, it summoned quite the opposite – the greatest appreciation for life itself. So I will never give up, and I will never give in.’ – Craig Sager

‘When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that’s a big thing for me.’ – Yami Gautam

‘When such acting powerhouses take note of your work and express their appreciation, it is an overwhelming feeling. I could not believe it when Rishi ji tweeted. Then Amitji and Rekha ma’am sent handwritten letters, which I have read more than fifty times. ‘Dangal’ is a very special film for me, and these are my lifetime treasure.’ – Fatima Sana Shaikh

‘I always had an appreciation for diverse musical styles.’ – Mick Foley

‘I was active on Facebook for a while, responding to comments and thanking fans for their appreciation. But I found that the Facebook feed was numbing my emotions. I’d see an extraordinarily tragic news item, and even before I could react to it, see a hilarious meme right below it. This was confusing me.’ – Vijay Sethupathi

‘I seem to get a general reaction at just, like, ‘Oh! A mustache!’ but mostly people are fine with it. But I don’t actually do it for the ladies. It’s more a guy thing, an appreciation. All the dudes want to do it, but they don’t have the balls to do it, so they just give me the nod.’ – Steven Adams

‘Blues is life, you know? An appreciation for the depth of life and the fact that hard times strengthen you and make you ready – blues, a lot of times, is about the loss of love.’ – Stephen Henderson

‘I’ve found that a lot of my male friends have great style and great appreciation for designers.’ – Erika Christensen

‘I saw ‘Hamilton’ when it was at the Public, and I just wept profusely in my seat because this is a form I love deeply, and to watch it be reinvented in such a genius, gifted way and executed by such a brilliant company of human beings, I was overwhelmed with not just appreciation for the piece of work itself but for the possibility.’ – Mandy Patinkin

‘Here’s what I’m going to say about that: my personal thought about the brilliance of ‘Peeno Noir’ as proven by the fans’ appreciation is that, when watched back, what makes it so exciting is the random locations and the random costume changes and the multiple shots that we’ve done all over the city.’ – Tituss Burgess

‘When I first started making music, I was all about wordplay and how fast I could rap, but over the years, I’ve really gained an appreciation for melody. What’s cool is that when you’re singing, you have to be concise, and when you’re rapping, you have the opportunity to be really detailed with your lyrics.’ – K. Flay

‘When I was 18, I took it for granted and was eager to move on to the bigger cities like Boston and then New York. But I’ve been to enough places to have gained a greater appreciation for the beauty and rich culture of all of Rhode Island. I am grateful for all that it offered during my childhood.’ – Joanna Going

‘I have a huge appreciation for music in general, but my roots are country.’ – Kelsea Ballerini

‘I still don’t have a real appreciation for music because I didn’t really start listening to it until my 20s. My wife knows everything about music, and I try and get her to educate me, but it’s just not part of my DNA.’ – Kumail Nanjiani

‘To give credit to Lincoln for moral progression seems beyond the facts and unnecessary for our appreciation of this arguably greatest of all American presidents.’ – Fred Kaplan

‘With ‘Avatar,’ you’re beginning to see the need for less and less actors and less of an appreciation for live acting.’ – Martin Landau

‘A deep appreciation for politics comes from empathy for our fellow human beings and their diverse paths through life.’ – Chris Sacca

‘The Leicester story is great for the game in England. It’s great for the appreciation of the Premier League.’ – Gary Lineker

‘I would say that my idea of style and my taste are the same as when I began: They express my deep appreciation of all that is simple and linear… I always want to keep up with the times but without altering the essential characteristics of my philosophy.’ – Giorgio Armani

‘I think it’s important for Donald Trump to express his appreciation for veterans – not John McCain, but veterans who were incarcerated as prisoners of war.’ – John McCain

”Conservative,’ to me, means someone that has an appreciation for the Constitution, that has an appreciation for a limited government and has an appreciation of our nation’s founding and our history.’ – Tomi Lahren

‘I’ve always respected and appreciated Punk, but we never really hung out. We came from the same route, but we didn’t necessarily hang out in the same circles. I’ve always had a great appreciation and respect for his hard work.’ – Daniel Bryan

‘I have a strong appreciation for oversize sweatshirts, loose mohair sweaters, and jeans that are frayed at the ankles.’ – Liu Wen

‘Sleater-Kinney is a band that we hold close to our hearts as well; it’s not something that we’re cynical or jaded about. We only feel gratefulness and appreciation for other people’s enthusiasm about it. We would never be annoyed by that.’ – Carrie Brownstein

‘There’s so much music from Led Zeppelin that I think I overlooked when I was a kid because I didn’t understand it, so now to revisit it at an older age, I have a deeper appreciation for it.’ – Brendon Urie

‘I have always been part of a family with a great appreciation for the arts.’ – Lynn Whitfield

‘The appreciation of capital assets is already taxed at an extremely favorable rate compared to labor. That’s why the rich pay such a low effective tax rate no matter what their marginal tax bracket.’ – James B. Stewart

‘I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players.’ – Gary Bettman

‘When I look at a woman through my camera, I see her with complete admiration and appreciation of her beauty, strength, and power – and that’s how I do my best to represent her.’ – Amanda de Cadenet

‘When you’re a kid, Beethoven is Beethoven, but as I’ve grown older, my astonishment at the sheer inventiveness of the man has increased, and I have an appreciation that I didn’t have when I was in my 20s.’ – Stephen Hough

‘It’s very important that we do show appreciation for those who go to work in raising awareness. You know, Tourette Syndrome is not well known. There’s not a lot of government money and research in it. But people are dying inside every day because they’re suffering with it, and I think word needs to get out.’ – Dash Mihok

‘I know that sounds almost horribly cheesy, but that is what has to happen if you’re gonna make a relationship work for a long time: You have to keep learning new things that are interesting about this person or having them catch you off guard and have these little moments of intense appreciation.’ – Andy Grammer

‘With the EP ‘Listen,’ I just wanted to bring back a feeling of appreciation for our women in our community. That feeling of love and being vulnerable.’ – Algee Smith

‘Whatever appreciation I’ve got despite the limited work I have done has been great. People have been receptive, and I think it’s a privilege to have earned this respect.’ – Fawad Khan

‘I love Maira Kalman. She’s an amazing illustrator and writer. I’ve loved her since I was in college, but when I moved to New York and experienced the same city she was drawing and writing about, I developed a whole new appreciation. Her work made me observe everything so much deeper and more joyfully.’ – Abbi Jacobson

‘The thing I crave for the most is appreciation for my acting.’ – Sidharth Malhotra

‘I’m pretty much open to anyone who’s unique and has mutual appreciation in the music as BTS.’ – Suga

‘This idea of mutual appreciation and partnerships and investment in our people is very important to me and will continue to be important.’ – Dennis Muilenburg

‘Our differences are what make us great. Let us think about how we can extend this appreciation to people of color, undocumented immigrants, and other members of the community.’ – Janet Mock

‘Man Repeller is intended to chronicle all the fashion trends that women love and men hate. I started it because I am woman with a deep appreciation for harem pants. And sometimes blaming clothing on a sad love life is easier than blaming oneself!’ – Leandra Medine

”Finding Dory’ just stole my heart. Little Dory was the most adorable thing in the entire world, and Ellen DeGeneres killed the game. I liked the flashbacks to the past – it gave you a bit more perspective and appreciation for certain characters.’ – Sam Mikulak

‘For me, there’s a deeper genre appreciation for what a coming of age story can be about. To apply that to a superhero world, for me, that was very exciting.’ – Jon Watts

‘Christians who enjoy and support art and culture, who make it a priority in their lives, and who reach out to those in the arts instead of reflexively pushing them away, can help bring the culture toward a renewed appreciation of goodness, truth, and beauty. And that is good for everyone.’ – Eric Metaxas

‘I think I just had it by osmosis: an appreciation of Duke Ellington before I really even knew who he was.’ – Brian Stokes Mitchell

‘There is a built-in appreciation for music that is so much a part of the LDS culture. Utahns know that music can be divine and can touch a person’s spirit in a unique way.’ – Brian Stokes Mitchell

‘Coldplay’s ‘Hymn for the Weekend’ video featuring Beyonce is already caught in a heated conversation about cultural appreciation of Indian religion and culture versus cultural appropriation of that culture for the western gaze.’ – Anthea Butler

‘The conversation of cultural appropriation versus appreciation is especially important for the NFL as it seeks to expand its fan base to London and all over the world.’ – Anthea Butler

‘I believe Kendrick Lamar is not only an artist but an influencer of an entire generation. He represents Compton with great pride, and I am honored to present him with the Key to the City, which symbolizes our deep appreciation for his philanthropic work and commitment to our community.’ – Aja Brown

‘When you invite friends over, especially for food, with the food you want to send out a message of affection, of appreciation, of celebration. But also of culture – who your family is.’ – Lidia Bastianich

‘A lot of Americans do not have an appreciation for our history. They do not understand the Constitution, why we have these norms. And at some point, yes, the media has some responsibility, but so does the public.’ – Charlie Sykes

‘Apple is a unique company in that the art and the science sit together very nicely. There’s an appreciation for both sides of the brain.’ – Bozoma Saint John

‘After 14 years of running DonorsChoose.org as someone who had never written a line of code, I did do a three-month night school course. After all these years, I could at least speak some of the same vocabulary and have a first-hand appreciation for what my colleagues on the engineering team are doing.’ – Charles Best

‘As I’ve grown as a creator, I feel that I want to tread in deeper waters and have a lot more going on emotionally with the characters. That’s my appreciation for comics as a creator and a consumer as well. I’m more into stories that don’t just bounce off the surface but go a little bit deeper.’ – Brian Stelfreeze

‘I think the best way to show appreciation for things going well is to make things better.’ – David Droga

‘For me, being an ‘American Latina’ means identifying with and being influenced by both my American upbringing and my Latin heritage, and I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am.’ – Camila Mendes

‘I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am. I’m a full-blooded Brazilian, with an entire extended family of Brazilians, but I was born and raised in the U.S.’ – Camila Mendes

‘As long as you walk away from any experience, good or bad, with lessons and things you can take into the next experience, I don’t think you can do anything but look back on it with an appreciation.’ – Wyatt Cenac

‘I have an appreciation for strong women.’ – Jay Duplass

‘I love bugs. And as the first person to popularize their eating in America, I take special pride in seeing their appreciation soar.’ – Andrew Zimmern

‘I got into hip-hop, but I still had appreciation for all types of music, so I was trained to have an open mind and to always go with the flow.’ – Robert Glasper

‘Any country must establish control over its borders. That is essential to sovereignty and the security of our citizens. But America, at our best, has balanced that political, legal, and social objective with an appreciation for the benefits of immigration and a sense of respect for the dignity of all human beings.’ – Ben Rhodes

‘Forget the empty platitudes; your star employee is not a ‘godsend.’ They are a person deserving of your not infrequent acknowledgment and worthy of appreciation and respect.’ – Mark Goulston

‘Dr. Dre I’ve always been a huge fan of. The Roots as well. The Roots gave me an appreciation for live music.’ – Raheem DeVaughn

‘I actually find fondness and appreciation for the Bray Wyatt. I see that he is driven by a higher power, much like I am driven and motivated and inspired and given strength by the Seven Deities.’ – Matt Hardy

‘I would love to be able to share my artwork with as many people as possible so that I can help spread an appreciation for art in general.’ – Yusaku Maezawa

‘There’s a poignancy to being with someone older. I think there’s a greater appreciation of time and what you have together and what’s important, and it can make the little things seem very small. It puts a kind of sharp light mixed with a sort of diffused light on something.’ – Sarah Paulson

‘The mixtapes, and a lot of our music, it comes from a place of fandom and appreciation and of respect and of nodding toward stuff that we feel really affectionate towards.’ – Dan Smith

‘Being married to Andy has given me a new appreciation for my body. He’s taught me that it’s not how thin you are that matters. It’s how your body performs, how it endures wear and tear.’ – Brooklyn Decker

‘Ideally, as an actor, we all crave attention, appreciation, and to be recognised. What’s the point of doing it yourself? It needs to come from someone else, and when that happens, I enjoy that moment.’ – Kriti Kharbanda

‘It’s not, like, how long you are on the screen, ‘Karwaan’ being the biggest the example. I may have had a five-minute role, but I know the appreciation that I got was a lot more than a five-minute role deserved probably.’ – Kriti Kharbanda

‘I think the best way I can repay the supporters for their kindness towards me, and for all that love, support and appreciation, is to score goals and win trophies for them.’ – Radamel Falcao

‘I really respect the kind of compliments and appreciation I am getting for my work in ‘Sonu Ke Titu Ke Sweety,’ and I will make sure that I will not disappoint my audience in future.’ – Kartik Aaryan

‘For ‘Guest Iin London,’ I got a lot of appreciation.’ – Kartik Aaryan

‘The appreciation between Bayern and I has always been there, from both sides. I know what I have at this club, and I always say that.’ – Arjen Robben

‘I personally feel that, at Bayern, the sporting aspect, the feeling with the fans in Munich and the appreciation from the fans, is unique here. Those are the most important aspects for me.’ – Thomas Muller

‘Sure, it’s nice to get appreciation from the outside. But generally, I don’t think personal accolades are appropriate in football.’ – Toni Kroos

‘One thing I have found over years is that if you change direction, the initial reaction tends to be very polarized, but as the music gradually filters through and fans start engaging with it on its own terms rather than comparing it to what went before, the appreciation and acceptance of it increases.’ – Steven Wilson

‘Growing up, we always had a big garden, and it just gave me the passion and appreciation for really good food.’ – Anne Burrell

‘The consolidated appreciation that ‘Eega’ is the pride of the Telugu film industry is the biggest award I can get.’ – S. S. Rajamouli

‘It’s really great to get your kids involved in the kitchen. Not only will they have an appreciation for food, but their palates will expand.’ – David Burtka

‘I am really happy with the appreciation ‘Baahubali’ is receiving. Its success proves that if you back the right content, it can travel across the country and the globe.’ – Rana Daggubati

‘Praise is good. Some people over-praise, though. Genuine appreciation is rare to come by.’ – Raashi Khanna

”Suit’ garnered a lot of appreciation and love from the audience, and it gives me immense happiness to start my Bollywood journey with such a wonderful track. ‘Hindi Medium’ posed a perfect and appropriate opportunity to showcase my song and ensure that the beautiful track reaches the global audience.’ – Guru Randhawa

‘I never wanna lose the joy, passion, or even appreciation for how much fun it is to do what I love.’ – Casey Cott

‘What I do have is an appreciation for the fact that I’ve been very blessed and fortunate with timing, in getting opportunities that I wouldn’t have otherwise gotten, if I weren’t from a football family where my grandfather had so much success. I’m not naive enough to think otherwise.’ – Sean McVay

‘I feel good when my films get all the love, respect, and appreciation. That is my driving force to do better work in future.’ – Bhumi Pednekar

‘Awards are like a pat of appreciation from the jury and viewers. It is almost like them saying, ‘So, you have done well; we expect you to carry on doing good work.” – Parvathy

‘Ideally, for me, the power of appreciation lies in getting better roles and being given more responsibility as an actor.’ – Jim Sarbh

‘In Texas, it’s football. In Georgia, football. There’s an appreciation from the average person about football more than anywhere else. And we have that for basketball in New York. And we’ll always have that in New York.’ – Kenny Smith

‘One of the things in marriage is you have to understand what appreciation is about, and that’ll keep me for longevity. That’s why my fans love me, because I appreciate them. Because with no fans, there would be no sport, no fighting for me, no UFC, no Bellator, no Rizin; there’d be nothing without the fans.’ – Roy Nelson

‘After I did my graduation in mechanical engineering, I got a scholarship to go to the U.S. to do my master’s. So I did that. I also worked there for a while. After my master’s, I did a course in Film Appreciation.’ – Karthi

‘We have to have adversity in order for us to really reap the benefits and really just have an appreciation of how hard it is to win in the NBA.’ – Andre Iguodala

‘It is certainly very thrilling to be given so much love and appreciation from the audience and critics.’ – Sobhita Dhulipala

‘My dad taught not only tolerance but appreciation for every human being.’ – Ben Howland

‘I know how much people loved me as Akshara; I have seen the appreciation.’ – Hina Khan

‘I’ve been through some adversity where I didn’t have football. Having it back gives you an appreciation for every snap you can take. I’m just blessed to have that opportunity.’ – Will Grier

‘I wake up every day with great appreciation for life and appreciation to play this game.’ – Will Grier

‘There are endless what-ifs that have really made me have an appreciation for my journey and everything I have experienced along the way.’ – Will Grier

”Devdas’ is the first Hindi commercial film to be seen at Cannes. And ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ is getting a whole lot of appreciation abroad. I’m pleased.’ – Sanjay Leela Bhansali

‘Donald Trump and I have very different views on Iranians. I am confident that if he ever visited the country, he’d learn a lot about the people and come back to the States with a newfound appreciation for the Persians.’ – Jordan Burroughs

‘It’s nice to have genuine appreciation for what you’ve achieved in the game. You don’t often get it in Britain.’ – Stephen Hendry

‘The appreciation that we received after the release of the audio of ‘Every Night and Day’ is all because of Iulia Vantur. According to me as a composer of this song, she made this song sound very fresh.’ – Himesh Reshammiya

‘An artist must be open to both appreciation and criticism. It’s a part of the learning process, or else there is no growth.’ – Shankar Mahadevan

‘The fact that music is my first love and that after almost two decades, the love has grown every year… I’m truly thankful for that and want to always show my appreciation to those who keep me motivated and inspired.’ – Mya

‘To put it simply, people who are strangers to me will come up and say, ‘Are you that guy from that show?’ I’ll be like, ‘Yeah,’ and they’ll say, ‘Oh, nice job.’ And really, for the most part, it’s people showing appreciation for the work you’ve done.’ – Joe Keery

‘It is immensely motivating to be given so much love and appreciation on IMDb, which is the biggest database for movies and celebrities in the world.’ – Mithila Palkar

‘I think everything within film and TV helps inform every other role, so it’s definitely helped my acting, being on the other side of the camera, and it’s just given me a whole new appreciation for how hard everybody in the crew works.’ – Elizabeth Henstridge

‘There will always be some films that the audience would like and some that they don’t. But if I start becoming a slave to appreciation, I will be subjecting myself and my talent to one particular type of taste. I don’t want to do that.’ – Ekta Kapoor

‘I met this group of stunt people and it was like, I had found family instantly. We’re all a variety of different personalities, but whatever that mutual joy or appreciation of the work is, I’d not felt it like that before. It was, ‘Yeah, I’d like to do this forever.” – Zoe Bell

‘The lead initiative of my foundation is clean water, but not far behind it is military appreciation.’ – Chris Long

‘I’ve always had a huge appreciation of the military.’ – Rex Ryan

‘I feel empathy wherever and whenever someone feels cornered in life. Whenever someone puts in sweat and blood and does not get the acceptance and appreciation one deserves, I resonate with it.’ – Tanushree Dutta

‘Films are made for audience’s appreciation but films are also made for artistic satisfaction.’ – Vijay Krishna Acharya

‘Deep down that’s all you really want. You may not like or be comfortable with certain forms of appreciation or love, but you do want it.’ – Akshaye Khanna

‘Gujaratis not only love music, but they equally appreciate the artists. They express their appreciation wholeheartedly, they dance with you, sing along and always enjoy the music.’ – Javed Ali

‘I have got a lot of appreciation from people and they really like my voice in Sufi songs, so I will continue with that, but I’m also experimenting with other types of songs.’ – Javed Ali

‘My first job in Hollywood was as a PA in the writers room of ‘Dawson’s Creek,’ and from that early experience on, I’ve always had an intense appreciation for the energy, creativity and process of making television.’ – Ruben Fleischer

‘I used to get so upset when my parents took away my phone and then I realized it’s because they wanted the best for me and my brothers. I have a whole new appreciation for how they raised us.’ – Christian McCaffrey

‘Telugu and Tamil actors have been so open-hearted and warm in welcoming me to be part of their industries. This appreciation from such people means a lot to me.’ – Sudeep

‘I don’t believe we would’ve had nearly as diverse a Congress if it weren’t for social media. I don’t think that there would be the same appreciation or empathy for human rights across the world if it weren’t for social media.’ – Ro Khanna

‘I’ve got my fair share of appreciation, and I’ve definitely grown as an actor, but I never expected to be an icon.’ – Rajesh Khattar

‘But to me, ‘Worlds’ is meant as kind of an appreciation of fiction and stories and escapism and fantasy.’ – Porter Robinson

‘Without Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, we would discuss Robben more often and with more appreciation.’ – Jamie Carragher

‘That’s my only plan: to keep doing good roles and win appreciation.’ – Abhimanyu Singh

‘My family, my mom in particular, got so much love and appreciation from the audience. As a consequence, I have also got some of that love. I now have to work doubly hard to prove that I deserve it, on my own, also.’ – Janhvi Kapoor

‘Apart from the money actors earn, it is the love and appreciation that keeps everyone looking forward to do more.’ – Neena Gupta

‘Being here and receiving appreciation from the people here in Nantes has a special appeal. But I do believe I have worked hard for it. Very hard.’ – Sharmila Tagore

‘I believe in an artiste’s life, there are two kinds of awards – first is the appreciation and good wishes he or she gets for his work from the audience and secondly, the recognition in the form of awards.’ – Sharmila Tagore

‘Starving isn’t sexy. What’s sexy is a healthy appreciation for food.’ – Sophie Dahl

‘I have a real sense of appreciation of being in the NBA with all that I’d gone through.’ – Manu Ginobili

‘I played because I loved doing it, out of respect and appreciation.’ – Manu Ginobili

‘The kind of love and appreciation that I get each day is because of the characters I play on TV.’ – Hiten Tejwani

‘To have the appreciation from your peers, the fans and the company you work for is the ultimate reward. For me, that has always been ultimate because respect has always been the most important thing to me in this business.’ – Gail Kim

‘The most important thing for me is appreciation from the viewers and the love which I get from them. This helps me to work passionately on my projects.’ – Sanjeeda Sheikh

‘We are very glad to receive so much of love, support and appreciation for ‘Bas Ek Baar.’ Now with the release of ‘Ajnabee,’ both I and Aamir are all excited to see everyone’s response once again.’ – Sanjeeda Sheikh

‘I always was a fan of Alice Cooper’s, but I got a new appreciation for his music playing in his band. It’s really amazing to see how his music transcends age.’ – Nita Strauss

‘You see, what makes us different than the rest of the world fundamentally is our American respect and legal appreciation of individual rights and individual property. And, I emphasize – individual.’ – Trish Regan

‘I played so many years without having a big contract, to have the big contract and not win and not have the appreciation, it hurt.’ – Shawn Kemp

‘I didn’t grow up on country and blues, I was just a kid listening to VH1 and then I realized I needed to expand my musical horizons. Now I have a deep appreciation for southern heritage music.’ – Julien Baker

‘I have got lot of appreciation for my performances in many Kannada films. In fact, I got the best roles of my career in Kannada films.’ – Suhasini Maniratnam

‘I’m not comfortable with being honored, showered with appreciation. But it’s always appreciated.’ – Robert Parish

‘My previous experiences taught me my true passion was working with the players. I love the business. I love sports. I love everything about the team aspect. But I have this deep appreciation for the players and their perspective.’ – B. J. Armstrong

‘London imbued me with an appreciation of the beauty and value of history in general. As it has evolved and grown, the city has created iconic modern buildings that look perfect as they sit alongside ancient ones.’ – Hilary Farr

‘My first show was in Patkar Hall next to Bombay Hospital. It was a total flop. I was so nervous standing in front of all those people that I completely froze. I forgot all my lines and the audience booed me off the stage. I realised that day that you have to earn the audience’s appreciation. They aren’t fools.’ – Johnny Lever

‘I think from doing so many live shows it gives you a real appreciation of being present. You don’t know what’s going to happen, you don’t know what is around the corner.’ – Declan Donnelly

‘We want box office success, critical acclaim, awards and everything else. But I think when the audience likes a film, that appreciation is far more fulfilling, far more satisfying than any award.’ – Kiran Rao

‘I’m happy to make returns of 4% to 6% a year on my real estate portfolio. If inflation comes along I’ll be able to increase rent and have capital appreciation roughly in line with inflation.’ – Porter Stansberry

‘I have such deep appreciation for artists who have the ability to create something from within, something completely unique and original to each piece of work.’ – Jeremiah Brent

‘This league is so competitive and I have an understanding and appreciation for that. For me, it’s that competitiveness and competitive spirit that I think at times brings out the best in me.’ – Duncan Robinson

‘Designating June 12th as Women Veterans Appreciation Day will help bring attention to the unique needs of women veterans in the United States and to recognize their contributions to our country.’ – Mikie Sherrill

‘I must say that the role in Hey Ram’ is one of my favorites. It brought me a lot of acclaim and appreciation.’ – Atul Kulkarni

‘At heart I’m a hip-hop kid and an R&B kid, but I’ve always had an appreciation for club culture and dance music.’ – Jax Jones

‘I have a new appreciation for how fit martial artists are. There is so much energy being exerted when you fight.’ – Tom Payne

‘When I used to listen to the poets in other languages and the kind of appreciation they received, I wanted to be there on the dais and experience that myself.’ – Gulzar

‘I have a great appreciation for body art.’ – Terrell Suggs

‘I always got appreciation for the columns I wrote for newspapers.’ – Divya Dutta

‘I have a whole new appreciation for Carroll Shelby, the Ford program of the 1960s, and it’s awesome that Superformance is keeping the dream alive with their incredible cars.’ – Jessi Combs

‘Every artist needs the appreciation he deserves.’ – Amaal Mallik

‘I did commentary with Excalibur. It is an extremely, extremely difficult job. It gave me a whole new appreciation to how on point you need to be and how careful you need to because I was a almost like a color aspect of it.’ – Shawn Spears

‘Tom Wall has the unique ability to extract, cultivate and realize a vision that goes far beyond simple bricks and mortar. He has an amazing appreciation of art and beauty and his designs begin with listening to his clients.’ – David Steward

‘I am glad that I have only got love and appreciation in my career. I have no bad experience.’ – Shriya Saran

‘As an actor, I want to do roles that get appreciation from audience.’ – Vatsal Sheth

‘After ‘Kanchana’ released in Tamil, the movie received huge appreciation from transgenders . They directly came to my home and blessed me.’ – Raghava Lawrence

‘Through Tamil movie ‘Kanchana’ I wanted to convey the pain and struggles of transgenders and the movie received lot of appreciation from transgender’s community and the public.’ – Raghava Lawrence

‘Entertaining audiences is of prime priority for me. If they feel entertained, through that I get appreciation and my talent is therefore proved.’ – Babu Antony

‘Our filmmakers need to be true to their culture to gain appreciation at international level. Though I don’t wish to generalize but do I feel that Indianness is lacking in most Indian films these days.’ – Rohini Hattangadi

‘I don’t believe that films can be compared to each other as each one is a work of art and deserves appreciation on its own merits.’ – Dileesh Pothan

‘All my coaches growing up, they were teachers, coaches, and I always had an appreciation for the most demanding teachers because I thought they got the most out of you.’ – Tom Thibodeau

‘At the time when I was at the peak of my career in Bollywood, we never had social media to give us a direct sense of our popularity, the excitement among fans and their appreciation.’ – Neelam Kothari

‘I’ve always had an appreciation of my life and the lifestyle me and my family have become accustomed to. It’s more to do with the little things.’ – Jermaine Jenas

‘All my records feel like a diary of the time and headspace they were made in and ‘Black Sands’ documents this in real time for me. A transition of falling in love with beatmaking again. An appreciation of a place and time and an anticipation for what was going to happen next.’ – Bonobo

‘I grew up with very much an appreciation of the creative side of things, but always knowing how much Wall Street, finance and economics really powered everything else, whether it’s politics or the art world.’ – Margaret Brennan

‘Whether its the National Award, the Padma Bhushan, or several others, nothing will make an artiste happier than the appreciation from the man on the street.’ – Waheeda Rehman

‘We had nothing in our times. The athletes and sportsmen in those days didn’t earn much money. We worked for the applause, people’s appreciation inspired and motivated us, we ran for the country.’ – Milkha Singh

‘It’s not just a world of dog-eat-dog and Trumps and all of this… there are people and there is hope and you can still get there and have a reasonable measure of success and appreciation.’ – Sean Hepburn Ferrer

‘As we’ve grown our family, that’s really when I’ve started to develop a real, true appreciation of my own faith and not just the academic.’ – Victor J. Glover

‘You see, I get a lot of love and appreciation from the elders of the film industry as well as from the media fraternity by default because of the goodwill that my father has earned.’ – Athiya Shetty

‘I think that a lot of people, especially as technology began to speed up and we became more distant, we kind of started to lose our appreciation for human contact and gathering and friendships and a lot of the things that we really took for granted.’ – Jemele Hill

‘Overall, I believe there has been a significant shift in the acceptance and appreciation of Paralympic athletes, but we still have a long way to go.’ – Jessica Long

‘I have come to know Diana better than anyone else, so my sympathy will always lie with her. But I also have a huge appreciation of Charles, and what they both had to endure in that marriage. I don’t think you can pick a side.’ – Emma Corrin

‘I wasn’t looking too much into my social media when I was on K2, but overall it’s been really humbling to see all of the appreciation.’ – Nirmal Purja

‘Growing up, my parents were health nuts who tried to deprive me of sugary and processed foods so that I would grow up with an appreciation for healthy, delicious homemade food.’ – Chris Morocco

‘There is no doubt that the New England Patriots are the greatest football team of all time, which is why it is my distinct pleasure to proclaim the week of February 4, 2019 as New England Patriots Appreciation Week in the State of New Hampshire.’ – Chris Sununu

‘I have an appreciation for Isco. I know him from when we were at Valencia together and I know that he has a lot of quality.’ – Jordi Alba

‘The music departments in the public school system gave me a really extraordinary foundation and music appreciation that I still draw from, even today.’ – Philip Bailey

‘Scam’ gave me a national or I would say global platform which made me a household name. I am getting such a lot of love, appreciation, and acceptance from the audience and makers and that’s a very satisfying feeling.’ – Pratik Gandhi

‘I have a ton of appreciation for every snap I get to play this great game.’ – Cooper Kupp

‘As the former Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, I have a deep appreciation for how vital the tourism and hospitality industries are to our state.’ – Bill Hagerty

‘I have a great appreciation for walk-ons.’ – Tom Izzo

‘It feels good to see a lot of appreciation out there and I definitely give thanks.’ – Koffee

‘Internationally, reggae and dancehall both are recognized as reggae. For us Jamaicans, we understand that there’s a difference. It would be good to see more appreciation shown for the genres as separate entities.’ – Koffee

‘I have great appreciation for military spouses and it grows every time I visit another base.’ – Karen Pence

‘Appreciation should come from both sides – from club to player and from player to club.’ – Serge Gnabry

‘I don’t come from a film background, and I didn’t employ any gimmicks or tactics to gain audience appreciation.’ – Arjun Mathur

‘For ‘Made In Heaven,’ I have got a lot of love, recognition and appreciation from the audience and industry alike. But that’s that. If we’re talking about offers, as far as A-list, mainstream Bollywood is concerned, there’s not much expectation from there.’ – Arjun Mathur

‘Qismat 2′ has been one of my favourite films. Ever since its theatrical release, the love and appreciation we have received have been absolutely great.’ – Sargun Mehta

‘Being born and raised here, I’ve always felt that Cleveland – and the people who live here – are so deserving of more. More love, more acknowledgement, more appreciation.’ – Larry Nance, Jr.

‘You know, I do enjoy the game of football. I’ve been around it my entire life so I’ll always be a fan and I always have an appreciation for the guys that are out there and what they’re doing.’ – Matthew Slater

‘In Barcelona some very big media outlets focused on selling the idea to people that I had done a bad thing by warning the club I was not going to renew. For me it was an act of honesty and appreciation. And the fans understood, so I can only have words of appreciation for the spectacular way they have treated me, for their shows of support.’ – Victor Valdes

‘When a film that we have worked on is successful and garners public appreciation, it makes us feel satisfied.’ – Bhumika Chawla

‘Here’s our shtick line to describe our music: It’s our garage band attempt at our appreciation of jazz improvisation through the reality of rock ‘n’ roll.’ – John Popper

‘It’s cool to get the appreciation of my peers. That’s awesome.’ – Jim Miller

‘I have a deep appreciation and respect for what I discovered here in the United States of America.’ – Morten Andersen

‘My story isn’t only about my love for the country of Denmark and its people, but also my deep appreciation and respect for what I discovered here in the United States of America.’ – Morten Andersen

‘In that, he is like any actor, any star – Amitabh blooms when showered with appreciation and praise. He is very self-effacing, and he accept compliments very gracefully.’ – Simi Garewal

‘Here’s the problem with Ozempic shaming: Nobody’s admitting to being on Ozempic because of it, because it’s embarrassing, right? If you don’t admit it, if you don’t tell your doctor about it, and you go in the hospital and they don’t know, it’s delaying our understanding and appreciation for how to use it.’ – Terry Dubrow

‘I don’t think he gets the appreciation he deserves. Still, people don’t realise how good Wayne Rooney was, and always was, at Manchester United. And again, he was a team player. He sacrificed himself at times for the good of the team.’ – Darren Fletcher

‘Growing up in Hawaii and spending every day in the ocean and outside surrounded by nature gave me a unique appreciation for the environment and how important it is for me.’ – Evan Mock

‘Our veterans deserve every ounce of our appreciation and respect.’ – Mike Johnson

‘The brave men and women who make up our Armed Forces deserve our thanks and appreciation.’ – Gavin Williamson

‘In a life where you are oppressed and not listened to, and told to sit in the corner and shut up, which is the life I’ve led, to feel the appreciation of an audience can mean a huge amount.’ – Paterson Joseph