A Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

It is a brave man who is the first to sit down during a standing ovation.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian - Novelist
December 11, 1918 - August 3, 2008

Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby.

Thomas Friedman

There was a match in Alaska that I had with Beth Phoenix at a house show where we had a standing ovation from Ric Flair, Triple H, John Cena, and Arn Anderson. I got to work with her so much that we knew each other's body language. Got a standing ovation from the entire locker room. It was amazing.

Mickie James

I get a standing ovation just standing

George Burns

One minute I'm standing at Ronnie Scott's getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I'm on a marble slab

Keith Richards

I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when I was ever going to be able to say my first line!

Elaine Paige

Throwing out the first pitch at the Cubs game and having 40,000 people give me a standing ovation was probably one of the highlights of my life. You could see what a great sports town Chicago is.

Patrick Kane

At the 2012 Olympic Trials, I wanted to make a second Olympic team. I fell face first, and in a blink of an eye, my dreams of competing in a second Olympics were over. Even so, I got up, finished my routine, and saw twenty thousand people cheering. It was my first standing ovation.

Nastia Liukin

I tend not to hang with 'the crowd' because I believe that at any given moment in history, the crowd is only standing somewhere because some lone, brave nutjob broke down the walls for them first.

Jim Goad

I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.

Flip Wilson

I don't expect to get a standing ovation from businessmen when I call for higher wages.

Peter Bofinger

It was just - I mean, 6,000 people giving you a standing ovation is quite an experience.

Michael Cimino

It's entirely possible that there won't be a standing ovation at the end of your journey. That's okay. At least you lived.

Seth Godin

When someone throws up while watching one of your movies, it's like a standing ovation.

Eli Roth

I understand what's going on, and when I see the fervor, when I see 25,000 people that have seats and not one person during an hour speech will sit down, I say sit down everybody, sit down, and they don't sit down, I mean, that's a great compliment but I do understand the power of the message. There's no question about that.