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I admire photographers who can take much more ordinarily subject matter and make it transcend that ordinariness, so that it becomes something else fresh and new. It opens this doorway. I really admire people who can do that with photography.
Andy SummersI admire vegetarians who refuse to eat nothing but vegetables in their homes, but I also admire those who put aside those principles or those preferences when they travel. Just to be a good guest.
Anthony BourdainBetter to work for yourself alone. You do as you like and follow your own ideas, you admire yourself and please yourself: isnโt that the main thing? And then the public is so stupid. Besides, who reads? And what do they read? And what do they admire?
Gustave FlaubertI don't admire how much a person has, I admire what a person does with what they have and I think that defines you most.
Aeriel MirandaI admire David Hare as much as I admire certainly any writer ever. What I like about his writing is it is very conscientiously, in one way, an attempt to reproduce the way people actually speak, but it's not just an attempt at naturalism. It's stylised and it's heightened, to great effect. It's elegant and it's funny and that's the way to my heart, frankly.
Bill NighyI tremendously admire, and I think we all should, the great work done by our commander in chief, our president George Bush...
Wesley ClarkI don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
Karl LagerfeldI'm absolute attacking my own instinct for politeness, but I think I admire artists who just speak out or who are strong, so it's very hard.
Stephen FryOnly love makes fruitful the soul. The sense of form that both had in such high degree prevented much demonstration; but to be with him, do things for him, to admire, and credit him with perfection; and, since she could not exactly wear the same clothes or speak in the same clipped, quiet, decisive voice, to dislike the clothes and voices of other men - all this was precious to her beyond everything.
John GalsworthyWomen encourage killers. They do it by falling in love with warriors and heroes. Men know it and respond with enthusiasm. The Crusaders marched off to war with ladies favors in their helmets. The heroes sliced up adults and baked infants on spits, all the while thinking of how the damsels back home would admire their bravery.
Howard BloomYou either choose this method of passing the evening because you are in each other's confidence, and have secret affairs to discuss, or because you are conscious that your figures appear to the greatest advantage in walking;โ if the first, I should be completely in your way, and if the second, I can admire you much better as I sit by the fire.
Jane AustenAlthough I know of no reference to Christ ever commenting on scientific work, I do know that He said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Thus I am certain that, were He among us today, Christ would encourage scientific research as modern man's most noble striving to comprehend and admire His Father's handiwork. The universe as revealed through scientific inquiry is the living witness that God has indeed been at work.
Wernher von BraunMost of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.
Barbara WaltersDo what you love and work for whom you admire the most, and you've given yourself the best chance in life you can.
Warren BuffettAt some point you realize, I have dreams. I would love to be working on wonderful roles, in wonderful films, with people I respect and admire. And that will come in its time. In the meantime, "Pay attention to your work. Get better at what you do." That's my job.
Ann DowdThere are certainly loads of players that I admire; I try to learn from all of the great masters both of the past and contemporary as well.
Magnus CarlsenI greatly admire GE, their utterly ruthlessly focused management, to get the cost out and get this integration done.โ Okay, we may make a few mistakes along the way but we are not going to waste any time.' They make decisions; they are incredibly disciplined and focused.
Larry EllisonFor there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of justice; and this, because more than any other, it acquires a man power and authority among the common people. For they only honour the valiant and admire the wise, while in addition they also love just men, and put entire trust and confidence in them.
PlutarchI am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things
Albert EinsteinI admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.
Martha StewartStargazing is one of the most profoundly human things one can do. But perhaps we must more frequently tear ourselves away from the mystery and beauty of the starry heavens above, and rather inspect, admire and foster the moral law within.
Jack GleesonWhen Cath's eyes closed, her eyelids stuck. She wanted to open them. She wanted to get a better look at Levi's too-dark eyebrows, she wanted to admire his crazy, vampire hairline--she had a feeling this was never going to happen again and that it might even ruin what was left of her life, so she wanted to open her eyes and bear some witness.
Rainbow RowellI try to not listen to all the girls I admire musically - like Nina Simone - just so I don't find myself imitating them, even if it's subconsciously.
Lou DoillonI admire the military. I guess in a world of villains and heroes, they're my heroes. Their dedication, their commitment, their discipline, their code of ethics.
John CenaWithout any kind of real ego on my part, I just thought, I'm going to approach the people I admire and see if they want to do something together.
Marc JacobsAvoid fancy words....If you admire fancy words, if every sky is beauteous, every blonde curvaceous, every intelligent child prodigious, if you are tickled by discombobulate, you will have bad time Reminder 14.
William Strunk, Jr.[ Drizzy] is a good dude , he's been looked out and reached out, and I admire the talent.
Kendrick LamarI wouldn't not listen to something because it was country. I usually listen to stuff that friends give me, if I admire their taste.
Albert Hammond, Jr.I confess I do not admire naked boys. They always seem to me to need clothes, whereas one hardly sees why the lovely forms of girls should ever be covered up.
Lewis CarrollFrom the creation learn to admire thy Lord! And if any of the things thou see exceed thy comprehension, and thou are not able to find the reason thereof, yet for this glorify the Creator, that the wisdom of these works surpass thine understanding.
Saint John ChrysostomI don't think you should meet the people you most admire. I don't want reality to interfere with my image.
Ayumi HamasakiDon't waste time on what's not important. Don't get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don't dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire.
Allegra HustonI admire people who just do the right thing, not looking to screw people up. I love all people.
Jessica HahnWhat I admire in Columbus is not his having discovered a new world but his having gone to search for it on the faith of an opinion.
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de LauneI admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved.
Catherine DeneuveI know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive.
Kevin PowersThe one who wins all the time is great and powerful, but the one who had been trampled on and fallen is who I admire the most
Michelle KwanThe heavenly light you admire is fossil-light, it's the unfathomably distant past you gaze into, stars long extinct
Joyce Carol OatesThe only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
Eleanor RooseveltI never wanted to be well-rounded. I do not admire well-rounded people nor their work. So far as I can see, nothing good in the world has ever been done by well-rounded people. The good work is done by people with jagged, broken edges, because those edges cut things and leave an imprint, a design.
Harry Crews