Trini Lopez

Las Vegas audiences are swingers. They're drinkers and swingers, and they like to have a good time and party. I never had a bad audience in my career. Sometimes it may take a little longer to get them, you know. But I would get them. I'd get standing ovations... Everything is attitude. It's very important to always like what you're doing.

Mexican Musician

Glennon Doyle Melton

I've seen my name on marquees and bowed to standing ovations. I've also been called a fraud, a mental case, a heretic. People all over the country wait in line to hug me or curse me.

American Author

Jesse White

I tell the people that hire us, if we don't get a standing ovation when we're finished with our performance, it's free - and we've always been paid.

George Carlin

Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.

American Comedian

George Wallace

Blacks gave me a standing ovation when they put the cap and gown on me, and that was the proudest I've ever been.

American Politician

Jimmy Butler

Every time my name is called, I get so many cheers, standing ovations, and a lot of hands are being clapped.

American Athlete

Polly Bergen

I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!

American Actress

Flip Wilson

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

Peter Bofinger

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

German Economist

Ryan Zinke

On the House side, when Donald Trump came, he received multiple standing ovations.

The term implies a very strong and enthusiastic approval from an audience, beyond just clapping.

Powerful Approval

Used when an event is well-received, indicating positivity.

Positive Event

An ovation can often be a 'standing ovation,' where the audience stands to applaud.

Standing Possible

In ancient Rome, an ovation was a lesser honor than a full triumph.

Lesser Honor

Initially used to honor military leaders without a resounding victory in battle.

Military Significance

In ancient context, being granted an ovation might suggest the victory was not complete.

Not Always Positive

 and just like Jamal's dad protected him, Jamal believed that John McCain would protect the entire country. And he wasn't my candidate of choice, but it didn't matter, because the entire class erupted into applause, a standing ovation for our brave friend Jamal who finally showed up as his most confident self

How to build your...

 As I know you can see, it's a spectacular standing ovation at TED. Thank you for an extraordinary talk. Just one more question about your world, your inner world that you construct. We think that we have things in our world that you as a blind person don't have,

Daniel Kish: How I use...

 And what happened next -- oh, I love this -- what happened next was wonderful. He got an ovation. The astronomers weren't angry at him; they didn't want to chastise him. They praised him for his honesty and his integrity. I love that!

The secret to scientific...

 seized the moment and I love what he did because it was a standing ovation for hip hop culture and hip hop culture comes from the ghetto it comes from the hood it comes from the streets and I don't care who takes it to the world

The Rise of Vanilla Ice...

 and they were greeted by a standing ovation by all the Eve Online fans. It was amazing to see. And it's a beautiful game. So you start seeing here that the aesthetics that are so important to a museum collection like MoMA's

Paola Antonelli: Why I...

 Frustrating, but not a cause for diagnosis, panic or shame. Most of what we forget is just a normal part of being human. Thank you. David I will stand in for the audience to give you my own personal standing ovation.

How Your Memory Works --...

 and I need you all to stand for me, please. Now you have no excuse. It's almost lunchtime, and this is not a standing ovation, so don't worry, I'm not fishing for compliments.

Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous...

 I'm just gonna stand here for a moment as my own standing ovation to all the women who've come before me and those who will follow and I mean that

Breaking boundaries,...

 how the standing ovations, sometimes 30 minutes long, seemed to last forever, and how the public, after the concert was over,

José Antonio Abreu: The...

 Sometimes I think we are the ones in charge. Chris How was it? That was a cheap way of getting you to do a standing ovation.

Ovation