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Quotes About Recognition

Fidelity is a matter of perception; nobody is unfaithful to the sea or to mountains or to death: once recognized they fill the heart.
~ Russell Hoban
The number one reason for the death of young actors' careers is people get so used to seeing them playing that one character that they can't accept them as anyone else.
~ Denzel Whitaker
We're roughage, " Tyger said. "If we don't cause a little intestinal distress, no one knows we're there.
~ Unknown
What a more beautiful world this would be if we didn't wait til people were dead before we honored their spirit.
~ Kellie Elmore
I sensed more than recognized the sound of those skeletal knuckles on the door. I was too young for it to be Death, so it had to be his mother.
~ Dan Skinner, The Price of Dick
Mistakes and regret, desease and death...ain't recognized by mind that capable on changing them into otherwise.
~ Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
I can just barely tell when you're afraid because that is the only emotion I have been able to recognize.
~ Unknown
You never know, until it happens, what you will owe the dead.
~ Unknown
At last God caught his eye.
~ Harry Secombe
The best way to get praise is to die.
~ Italian proverb
You are what you are seen to be.
~ Erik Spiekermann
Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to.
~ Eric Gill
When there's an opportunity, some people pass it by. I've been lucky enough to recognise opportunities and every day, in my business, there's an opportunity somewhere - to buy, expand, design.
~ Laurence Graff
In the end, I hope there's a little note somewhere that says I designed a good computer.
~ Steve Wozniak
The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively.
~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
You lose your anonymity just like a helium balloon with a string. Therefore people are going to have their own opinion and they're going to write in whatever clever manner they desire
~ Kim Basinger
One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
~ Bertrand Russell
Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.
~ Bruce Lee
Ambition is the immoderate desire for honor.
~ Baruch Spinoza
The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.
~ Saint Augustine
Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions.
~ Thomas Hobbes
I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.
~ Vance Havner
I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.
~ William Shatner
When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.
~ Katharine Hepburn