Matt Drudge Quotes

There is no better feeling than having the approval and adulation of your fellow human beings.

Decide whether you want to be liked or admired.

Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.

I want every idea I have to make me money. I want every post I write to have 10,000 Facebook likes. I want every talk I give to have people laughing at all the right jokes. I want everyone to like me all the time.

The desire for attention has become a primal need along the lines of food, water, and clothing.

I want every single person to like my work.

I feel complete when I look at my phone and see thousands of likes and comments.

I want people to like me, and I care what they think.

I'm the worst. I get on my Instagram, put up a picture of my face looking all cheekbones and blue steel, and get massive dopamine hits when I see the likes come in.

I want to be liked... No, I want to be more than just liked... I want people to say, "that Charlie Brown is a great guy!" And when people are at parties, I want them to look for me, and when I finally arrive, I want them to say, "here comes good ol' Charlie Brown... Now everything will be all right!" I want to be a special person... I want to be needed... It's kind of hard to explain... Do you understand? I mean, do you know what I'm talking about?" "Sure, I understand perfectly..." "Well?" "Forget it! Five cents, please!

I don't mind not having recognition. If it happens, fine, but it doesn't bother me that it's not there.

It feels really great to be popular.

I'm still at the age where I'm constantly seeking approval of people I have respect for.

I think that deep down all I have been looking for is to be accepted and liked by as many people as possible.

I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.

I need the applause.

I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.

I'm not trying to become popular.

I have always wanted to be liked and respected.

Everyone wants to be liked; everyone wants approval. No one likes being ignored.

People have always wanted to be recognized, and that's human nature. But people used to want to be recognized for their accomplishments, and now they simply want to be visible.

I really feel like social media - it's like all these tiny stages that you put yourself on. And you come to rely on these likes and favorites, and it's this applause and this validation that you start to need. Then it's like you don't know how to soothe yourself, and I think it's very pernicious.

I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.

Approval makes the world go round, even if many of us want to transcend our hunger for it.