Quotes About Recognition

We have experienced an utter explosion in investigative techniques. Walk the streets, look at the cameras! They are now recognising people automatically from photos; we have DNA fingerprinting, infrascan photos that can identify you from the veins in your face.

Poles and Jews have been living on this land together for almost 1,000 years. Who can tell how much Jewish blood is in their veins? Nobody knows, so to talk about how to recognize if someone is Jewish is ridiculous.

It's easy to hurl abuse at those awards ceremonies like the Oscars and all that, which we tend to do. We tend to vent our anger at things which we feel are unjust or undeserving. But when you're the recipient, it makes it a lot different.

So much of venture capital is pattern recognition.

Even if it's a horrible venue - a bar that barely has a PA and no lighting - we're still there trying to get somebody to not forget us.

As an actor you want people to know you and there are times you want your pictures taken, but it's unnerving to walk out of a venue with friends and there are 20 people flashing lights in your face. Do you know how bright those lights are?

I will never forget when we performed at the Tokyo Dome. Growing up, I was told that only A-list famous musicians are invited to perform at that venue.

We've gone from venues that hold 500 up to 3,000 on our own, so I guess we're not entirely unknown. But there is a difference between a few thousand people and 20,000.

I just want to win in front of my hometown and win in spectacular fashion. I've gotten to perform in many other venues in other states, but it's going to be a special moment to be able to do that in front of everyone who has known me for the longest.

I obviously appreciate all the fans I gained from my band, but there weren't enough of them to make me a very successful artist. To me, being successful is selling a lot of records and selling out big venues on tour, and it's not up to anyone else to decide what success is for me.

We were selling out venues, not just in London but also major cities in France and Germany before labels had even noticed what we were doing.

I'll never be able to quantify how important 'Venus' was for me or my career. I ticked a huge box.

When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable.

Anyone who is on the verge of kind of famous but not really relevant is kind of fun to play with.

I get hit up all the time from every verified rapper with 1,000,000 followers like, 'Yo bro! You got the sauce right now. Send me beats!' Naw, that takes everything away from what I do.

I used to have a pseudonym for Twitter, and I'm trying to get my check to verify me.

Growing up in Vermont, no matter what I did, I didn't get much recognition.

I am very pleased to recognize the important contributions of Vermont's employee-owned companies by proclaiming October as Employee Ownership Month.

For all the flack that we get for becoming successful, you get people who really respect how firmly planted our feet have been in Vermont.

I'm not recognized very often, and if I am, it's a die-hard Veronica Mars fan. Which is usually flattering and an honor. I really try not to think about it.

Everybody trying to bite the style ever since we made 'Versace.' But they don't give us credit.

I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having your own personal identity is what makes you competitive. On the other hand, I would like to be versatile and be challenged to go in new directions.

The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.

I am at a stage where I want to be known as a versatile actor.