He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Winston Churchill

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that.
Shakira

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.
Gene Tierney

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital.
Elizabeth Wurtzel

I admire bull riders for their passion and the uniqueness each one of them has.
Chris LeDoux

I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos, but as far as the institution of the church is concerned, I think it is despicable.
Frank McCourt

I admire David Lynch so much, and I think he made some bad decisions with Lost Highway.
Greg Egan

I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved.
Catherine Deneuve

I admire Ginsberg as a poet, despite the fact that he seems not to know when he is being good and when he is bad. But he will last, or at least those poems will last.
Leslie Fiedler

I admire Jodie Foster. Her head is screwed on really well. It's not loose at all.
Thora Birch

I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
Shakira

I admire Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman for their sheer dedication to their craft.
Lavrenti Lopes

I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile.
John Shelby Spong

I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.
Sidney Sheldon

I admire people who just do the right thing, not looking to screw people up. I love all people.
Jessica Hahn

I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world.
Cindy Sheehan

I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.
Frank Shorter

I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. I'm quite camp in that respect.
Jenny Eclair

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.
Ron Reagan