The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom – never. – Victor Davis Hanson
You need someone to see what you’ve done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what’s gone into it. – V. S. Naipaul
I don’t watch movie trailers. I just go to the movie, and I don’t know anything about it, because that’s the only way I appreciate the movie fully. – Skylar Grey
The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I’ve been in. There are a few exceptions, but out of politeness I’m not going to mention them. If you don’t have a few stinkers, you can’t appreciate the good ones. – T. R. Knight
My worst boss was a departmental chair who never learned to appreciate new developments in the field. He had contempt for students and younger researchers, and he saw the job of running the department as a nuisance. – Steven Pinker
And you can tell the writers who do it – Robert Stone, for example, who with each new novel is doing something new. I appreciate that in other writers. – Tobias Wolff
I’m a traditionalist with suits. It doesn’t need extra pockets, and I don’t want headphone jacks in my jacket. I appreciate designers who do different things, but for me, the most basic version of that item is what I want. – Waris Ahluwalia
I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation. – Strom Thurmond
I don’t enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens. – Simon Sinek
People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you. – Vernon Howard
I love Robert Fripp. You know what I really appreciate about Robert Fripp? He always dresses appropriately for the occasion. When he’s on stage, he’s a Dapper Dan. – St. Vincent
You don’t appreciate things until they’re gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don’t miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie. – Sugar Ray Leonard
A lot of the ups and downs for me, especially the downs, I feel like it came in a lot of indirect ways because I didn’t appreciate what I had. – T. J. Perkins
You don’t have to know anything about the Shakers to appreciate Mr. Copland’s score for ‘Appalachian Spring’ any more than you have to know who William Randolph Hearst was to understand ‘Citizen Kane.’ – Terry Teachout
Occasionally, I’ll direct if there’s something I feel strongly about. Having done it has whetted my appetite to do it again, but I don’t feel an internal pressure to direct. It certainly will make me a better producer, because I’m more empathetic; I really appreciate now what the director is going through every day. – Stanley R. Jaffe
All these other nations seem to appreciate what I’m doing and they want me to play the furthest out things. – Sun Ra
To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it. – William R. Alger
There are a significant number of people who appreciate what we do, and most of them gravitate to Analog because this is where they can find it. The other magazines tend to share their audiences, which may result in each of them having a smaller market share. – Stanley Schmidt
This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that I hear. – Sonia Sotomayor
The settlers do not have a problem with the leftists but, rather, with Israelis who like settlers: Israelis who are unconcerned by the fact that national-religious youngsters are overtaking our elite units. Such Israelis actually appreciate the settlers for that. – Yair Lapid
I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally. – Ulysses S. Grant
I grew up in a wood cabin on Puget Sound in Manchester, Wash. My family taught me to appreciate the arts and the outdoors, and I still yearn for the absolute silence I experienced there when I was young. – Steven Holl
It’s very easy to get caught up in everything that’s going on and just daily stuff being a distraction. When you have all that taken away from you, your daily activity becomes a lot more subtle, and you appreciate it all a lot more. – Tony Stewart
When you do what you’re supposed to do and don’t complain much, I think the fans, media, players and front office appreciate and respect that. – Torii Hunter
I’ve learned over the years to appreciate God’s timing, and you can’t rush things; it’s gonna happen exactly when it’s supposed to. – Sevyn Streeter
There are people who will appreciate what I’ve done, and there will be people who will criticize me. Ultimately history will have the final say. – Wen Jiabao
I wasn’t a fan of horror movies before ‘Saw,’ but through these films, I have definitely become a big fan and really come to respect and appreciate the genre and the fans that support it. – Shawnee Smith