#disapproval

A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them. ↗

— Criss Jami

#articulation #communication #controversy #disapproval #emotions

Hang your merit. I don't seek anyone's approbation. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#approval #black-humor #disapproval #dishonesty #funny

Don't look at me in that tone of voice. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#humor #wordplay #humor

Fighting for peace, is like f***ing for chastity ↗

— Stephen King

#analogy #disapproval #motto #pacifism #paradox

I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#brow #candid #disapproval #i #i see

My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#business #disapproval #father #his #interest

I was really small when jazz broke through in England and I can still remember sneaking off to the living room to listen to it on the radio - much to my parent's disapproval. ↗

— Jeff Beck

#disapproval #england #i #i can #jazz

The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#book #certain #challenge #chosen #criticize

Looks like Faye's doing a little extracurricular activity," a voice behind her murmured, and Cassie turned gratefully. Nick nodded at the guy who was occupying the seat there, and the guy scrambled up and left. Cassie hardly noticed the occurrence, it was so common. The kids from Crowhaven Road indicated what they wanted, and the outsiders gave it to them. Always. It was the way things worked. Nick sat in the vacated chair and took out a pack of cigarettes. He opened it, shook one forward. Then he noticed Cassie. Cassie was staring at him with her eyebrows lifted, her best Diana expression on. Disapproval radiating from her like heat waves. "Ah," Nick said. He glanced at the cigarettes, then at her again. He tapped the protruding cigarette back into place and tucked the pack in his pocket. "Bad habit," he said. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#habits #humor #humor

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything. ↗

— Agnetha Faltskog

#approval #disapproval #empty #end #exactly