Quotes About Recognition

Isn't it ironic that pay, perks, and benefits all cost your company at the bottom line, but authentic recognition, especially when it's most unexpected, costs very little and gives the most impressive return on investment?

There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.

I've said it before about the Nobel Prize: it's like being struck by a more or less benign avalanche. It was unexpected, unlooked for, and extraordinary.

I felt very greatly honoured to be given a Damehood and never expected to receive anything else. So for Her Majesty to bestow a further accolade on me is very unexpected and I feel even more honoured.

Computers can't find the unexpected, but people can when they eyeball the data.

I barely pay attention to awards and nominations, and whether they are fair or unfair.

I see my books as a body of work, in my opinion, of singular importance and deeply disrespected in a way that is savagely unfair.

God, I don't think I could give advice when such other incredible actors have done it before me and done such amazing things. I think it would be unfair of me.

When I was a teenager, if anyone recognized me for anything I did, it would ruin my day. I couldn't handle it. It was some sort of neurotic phobia. I guess I was paranoid that people would treat me differently, or in an unfair way, because of my job.

The time has come for the American government to recognize the damage that has occurred to our economy, and to take firm action to curtail what I believe is both unfair and illegal foreign competition.

If somebody is pointing out that there are advantages - many of them unfair - that go along with being male in our society and in our politics, then I completely agree.

Recognizing your place of power and privilege in an unfair system can, as an ally, help you to start using that privilege as an opportunity to do good.

People seem to think I got where I am because of the clothes that I wear. That's unfair to me and unfair to all of my accomplishments.

People are unfair when you're married to someone famous. They believe you haven't got thoughts of your own. That's where they are wrong.

I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?

And, more important, none of Paul's music feels unfamiliar to me.

There are people who appear in the magazines and I don't know who they are. I've never seen anything they've done and their careers are over already. They're famous for maybe 10 minutes. Real careers, I think, take a long time to unfold.

I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album.

I just want people to recognize my father as an artist who was way ahead of his time. He was a genius. His life just burnt out quicker than it should have. And that is unfortunate, but what is more unfortunate is that everybody focuses on the nature of his death as opposed to the nature of his life, which was so much greater and more important.

It's an unfortunate reality of being a male dancer that it's not really looked upon... it's not appreciated.

There's a difference between being a star and an actor. If you feed off from being in the public eye, this is the unfortunate flipside to it.

The truth is 'Akaash Vani' was not a young film. The second half of the film was quite mature. It's unfortunate that not many people have seen the film, so I am still associated more with 'Youth Centric Films'.

It is very unfortunate that unless you are a star, nobody considers you in B-Town.

It is unfortunate that nobody has highlighted the work done by actor-turned-politician Sunil Dutt.