Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.

- A. N. Wilson

I worked with people I admire; Josh Lucas, who I'd worked with many many years ago on a pilot called The Class of 61 and Kurt Russell, and so there were a variety of different people that I enjoyed working with.

- Andre Braugher

Just because something is on trend doesn't mean you have to embrace it. You can look at it and admire it, but that doesn't mean you have to wear black nail polish or red lipstick.

- Aerin Lauder

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

But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.

- Andrew Motion

There are two trilogies I admire: Robertson Davies's 'The Deptford Trilogy' and Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

- Amy Bloom

I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.

- Alfred Russel Wallace

There are many people, including me, who admire the original mission of WikiLeaks.

- Alex Gibney

I just like to sit and admire my garden; it's so well kept by my gardener and my girlfriend.

- Anton du Beke

When I look at women, older than I am, in their 50s, 60, 70s, 80s, and I see women that I admire, I think, 'Oh, I get it; that's how I'm going to be.' I'm not scared. I want to be that.

- Annette Bening

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

- Ayrton Senna

I really admire Werner Herzog and Spike Lee. They're amazing documentarians. If you took away all the narratives, they'd just be amazing documentarians.

- Ava DuVernay

Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor.

- Anthony Hopkins

I've been very lucky to put women that I sincerely admire on the cover of 'Vogue:' the then First Lady and now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and, more recently, First Lady Michelle Obama. Those were benchmarks for the magazine, and certainly covers that I've been very, very proud of.

- Anna Wintour

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

- Alphonse de Lamartine

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

- Alexander Pope

I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.

- Alexander McQueen

I can't understand the conditions of a corporate product being designed and getting millions. I admire it, it's great, but I don't know how to do that. I have to have the wheel.

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

You've got to admire Sir Richard Branson. He is a completely different style of businessman to me, but you have got to admire what he has achieved.

- Alan Sugar