President Obama’s approval ratings are so low now, Kenyans are accusing him of being born in the United States.
Obama has succeeded in descending even below George W. Bush in approval in the Arab world. It's minuscule, few percent.
The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model.
Doing Made In Heaven was like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, but I wouldn't have put my seal of approval on it if I hadn't thought it was up to standard.
The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model
Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.
It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist. What is its seat? The inborn requirement of self-approval.
The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of men.
Do you really mean the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward? That's not morality, that's just sucking up.
To achieve originality we need to abandon the comforts of habit, reason, and the approval of our peers, and strike out in new directions.
I've learned I can't change every opinion or have everyone's approval. If I get caught up in that, I'm worried about the wrong things.
Once we begin chasing approval, we never stop running. It's servitude to a thousand masters instead of one to please.
I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.
You have to accept the fact that some people are never going to be for you. Treat them with respect, but you don’t need their approval to fulfill your destiny.
You can't rely on the approval of others. I used to always look for praise from my directors to reassure myself that I was doing a good job. I don't do that anymore.
If a leader comes to office in a seemingly fair election and tolerates dissent, he or she qualifies for our seal of approval.
Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.
In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval.
Requiring that an execution be relatively painless...actually undermines the very premise on which public approval of the retribution rationale is based.
Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives.
I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.
I don't really think I know myself. I don't quite get how K-pop is functioning. But I'm certain that we need to grab the approval when we have the chance.
I decided to make the life I want, and put energy into what moves me, and not rely on anyone for approval of my choices.
Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.
Until we accept and approve of ourselves, no amount of approval from others will keep us permanently secure.
There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.
Age should be no consideration between two people romantically or sexually involved. Social approval shouldn't even be considered.
Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
It is the storytellers task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.
Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.
Investors don't like being in a world where everything is held up by and waiting for an approval from a very small number of people.
Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.
Jesus produced mainly three effects: hatred, terror, adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild approval.
Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.
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.
All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.
We're so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it's difficult to be authentic and trust that we'll be accepted just as we are.
As a minister, you shouldn't imagine you know better than the technical experts in your ministry. In the end you're there to apply the political stamp of approval.
Auditions are very strange - you're there to win, to seek approval. They never get easier, but I did realise that you're there voluntarily, after all.
Almost all Europe, for many centuries, was inundated with blood, which was shed at the direct instigation or with the full approval of the ecclesiastical authorities.
I think they're more looking at these two candidates. It's a band of voters with which neither candidate has very high approval ratings.
Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government agency.
We all want our drugs to be safe - and so an essential part of the pathway to the development of a new drug is approval by a regulator.
Well, I'm not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I'm performing, that's what I'm doing. If I'm not, I don't long for it. I don't need the approval of an audience, or applause.
Approval makes the world go round, even if many of us want to transcend our hunger for it.
Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.
I do quite often thank Frank Skinner because he agreed to do the very first series and that was a real stamp of approval.
The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.
Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval.
I'm on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, and then I'm gonna rip it off.
Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.
Free competition exists inside shelters of law, custom, insurance, political approval, and carefully protected status.
We will never be the women God wants us to be if our hearts are continually chasing after human approval.
Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.
The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
My own experience is that there is no real effort in life that is not done better under encouragement and approval of our fellow men.
Seeking approval and people pleasing forces you to alter your actions and speech to no longer reflect what you actually think or feel.
With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership.
Hillary Clinton is given approval and veto power over quotes written about her in the New York Times.
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