Quotes About Recognition

I haven't paid for anything since I became famous.

Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily.

Fame doesn't matter; people approving of you doesn't matter. And if it does matter, you're in store for something very difficult and painful.

Clem had made it known that Pollock was a great painter.

When I arrived at Roma, someone defined me as Giotto, 'The Painter,' but the nickname I prefer is the one I got from Captain Francesco Totti, 'The Little Prince.'

I was a painter and decorator with my dad for four years and he gave me a lot of time off to train and to play non-league football and that was where I was finally spotted.

I started billboard painting in Minneapolis, and I went to General Outdoor Advertising, and I said, 'I could do that.' They said, 'Oh yeah... we can always use a good man around here.'

It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum.

I'll bet there are a lot of artists that nobody hears about who just make more money than anybody. The people that do all the sculptures and paintings for big building construction. We never hear about them, but they make more money than anybody.

Look, I'm an A-list actress in Pakistan. I work with only A-listers.

I hope I can make Pakistan proud by bringing home an Oscar.

If Milkha Singh is known as the Flying Sikh in the whole world today, the credit goes to General Ayub and to Pakistan.

I feel like a lot of Indian fans don't know about my Indian background, so it's funny online that a lot of fans call me this Pakistani dude. No, I'm Indian, too.

I am the first Pakistani actress who got the opportunity to work with Shah Rukh Khan as the main lead.

You'll see me just walk into the local Tesco. I don't feel I need to hide myself because there's no reason to. Okay, I play for Crystal Palace, but I'm still a normal human being.

It was Cosmos who actually told Crystal Palace about me. Palace came to have a look, liked what they saw, and they took it from there.

No. 1 career highlight? It would have to be getting the MBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

Palestine is not a country, so there should be no embassy here.

My mere existence as a member of Congress as a Palestinian causes a lot of fear, because I'm here as a human being, as an American, that is saying to the world that we exist.

I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

If there is ever to be an end to the conflict, the Palestinians must recognize the Jewish people's right to a homeland and the existence of an independent Jewish state in the homeland of the Jewish people.

There are many Palestinians, to be diplomatic, who believe there is no way to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, first of all, and there are a lot of people that believe there is no way to recognize Israel at all.

I'm so grateful to Ms. Palin and all the people who've endorsed me.

I don't know Gov. Palin. I've certainly seen her, since she came on the scene, you know, running with John McCain.