Quotes About Recognition

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.

Without the shading there is not so much depth. A poster without any shading may be brilliant and effective; but it does not have depth in it. The contrast between shadow and light gives an added dimension to the painting. So it is in the chart, recognition of the Shadow seems to intensify the highlights. (Carl Leipert)

Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.

Shane wasn't far removed from the man he'd been when he passed out on Gayle King's shoulder as Jesse Williams announced that he'd won the 2009 NAACP Award for Outstanding Fiction.

Hiii!' she shouted. 'I'm Charlii. With two i's.' 'We all have two eyes,' Shane muttered.

You're a legend 'cause you write about me.

Almost all of us have the hankering to be famous, to be important, to be admired, to stand out, but the assumption is you have to be different or better to get that. No. The best thing is to be famous, to be cuddled by the public, but to be like everyone else.

She smiled at him in the way you would smile at someone if they'd saved your life.

Thinking is a spontaneous flow of recognition.

Deep down in all of us there is a tendency to want to prove ourselves, to base our worth on what we do.

Too many of our state's native accomplishments are credited elsewhere. First Skynyrd and Alabama, then everyone thinks the Allman Brothers are from Georgia." "They're not?" "South Daytona Beach.

I am Salman's discovery and I have no problems when people say that. Whatever I am today is because of him. I feel very proud that I am associated with him.

I'm proud of 'Miracle at St. Anna' and I loved it; there's no question in my mind it's as good as any movie that came out in 2007.

It might be a shock to see me, but that's no reason for people to act crazy, and it doesn't give them license to chase me down the street.

I feel lucky, where I'm not 'famous' famous. I'm not someone that everyone kind of knows for no reason. If people know who I am, they like me because if they didn't like me, they forgot about me.

I'm 47 years old. I couldn't compete with Beyonce. I'm not competing with anyone. I've already established myself as an artist. I've been in this business for 30 years. There's no reason for me to compete with anyone.

Why is there no respect for Joaquin Andujar?

For a long time, we got no respect. People thought we just got lucky. They said we were a one-record wonder.

It's no secret - I've said this before - people have mistaken me for a P.A. on the set. On my own set.

When you play for ticket-holders, you are already validated. I have no sense that I need to be accepted. I'm already accepted.

The reality is that Israel is a multi-ethnic, multireligious society, and it makes no sense to insist as a precondition for peace that its neighbors recognize it as 'the Jewish state.'

I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.

They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now before I popped off.