There are two trilogies I admire: Robertson Davies’s ‘The Deptford Trilogy’ and Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials.’ – Amy Bloom
If people connect me with the Romantics in general, they probably connect me most with Keats. But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others. – Andrew Motion
The companies we admire are like the people we admire: resilient, authentic, personable, collaborative, ambitious, and humble. – Chip Conley
I like Stella McCartney, Chloe, Alexander McQueen, Aaron Featherstone, normal Chanel if I can ever afford it, I’d be wearing that all the time! I like to admire from afar. – Brittany Snow
I tend to be shy in asking people for photos – other actors that I really like and admire. – Matt McGorry
I just admire people like Woody Allen, who every year writes an original screenplay. It’s astonishing. I always wished that I could do that. – Francis Ford Coppola
I like a woman that’s capable and at the same time feminine. I admire tomboy qualities but with a feminine touch. – Paul Walker
I like to take chances. The actors I admire are the ones who aren’t afraid to make themselves nasty, bad or even goofy. I’ve never shied away from controversial characters. – Matt Dillon
The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why. – Eleanor Roosevelt
I can’t judge my own stuff. That’s for others. But those are the three things that I admire. – Mose Allison
Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain. – Dave Pelzer
I recognize that I’m probably the luckiest novelist in recent memory, because Sherman Alexie, a writer I greatly admire, raved about my book on ‘The Colbert Report,’ and then Mr. Colbert himself urged his viewers to buy it – on his show and on Twitter. – Edan Lepucki
I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don’t admire them but I’m interested in them. – Eric Cantona
I like PETA as a group for many reasons, but one of the reasons that I admire them is that they say and do the things that other groups won’t do. – Maggie Q
I can’t do pieces I only admire technically. I have to feel some direct contact with them. – Michael Tilson Thomas
Yes, there are directors I admire, the mavericks. Altman. There are many good directors. – Mark Rydell
One thing that’s always helped quell my writerly anxieties is seeking out interviews with writers I admire. – Molly Antopol
Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody. – Matt Bomer
I don’t admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have been a disaster. – Nathalie Sarraute