applaud quotes

Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est. Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over. SeeAugustus 42:48.

- Aphra ne  e  Amis Behn
  Quoted in Ian Crofton and Donald Fraser A Dictionary of Musical Quotations (1985), quoting the last words of  Augustus as he lay dying.

   The opening-night audience is mostly friends of the cast and backers of the show, and they cometo applaud their money.

- Al Hirschfeld
  In the NewYork Times, 21  Jun.

Fish don't applaud.

- Bob originally LeslieTownes Hope Hope
   When asked why he didn't retire and go fishing, in the New York Times, 28 Sep.