Quotes About Recognition

And on the sidewalks, after they've emerged from the stations, after being sandpapered by the jostling and scraping that a city like this does, all the lives they've hoarded, all the ghosts they've carried, all the inversions they've made for protection, all the scars and marks and records for recognition - the whole heterogeneous baggage falls out with each step on the pavement. There's so much spillage.

No, that was my privilege.

Maybe when we die, the first thing we'll say is, 'I know this feeling. I was here before.

When we reached the sidewalk, a lovely teen-age girl wearing pink eyelashes asked me for my autograph. I don't know who you are, she said, but I'm sure you must be somebody.

People sense things that are invisible. But when something's staring you right in the face, that's when you miss it completely.

Web sites count as services, and so the very same lessons apply. Some Web sites recognize repeat visitors, making useful suggestions, but in a nonintrusive way.

The Shark and the Flipper need to have the ability to recognize the signs, interpret them correctly, and then act without hesitation.

Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy.

Oprah Winfrey, an undeniably successful guide to millions, once explained the three things every human being wants most are to be seen, heard, and understood. This is the essence of empathy.

Author Toni Morrison swats aside other possible sources of her success and says that the ONLY reason she is a great writer is because when she walked into a room as a child her father's face lit up.

1) identifying what their customers wanted (to be seen and heard), (2) defining their customers' challenge (that people didn't recognize their hidden genius), and (3) offering their customers a tool they could use to express themselves (computers and smartphones). Each of these realizations are pillars in ancient storytelling and critical for connecting with customers.

You rarely think of a brand unless you associate that brand with the solution to a problem.

Most brands make what I call an invisible first impression. It's not that they make a bad first impression—but it's also not a good first impression. It's just invisible.

A mark of a competent adult is their ability to accept feedback. The mark of a child is their expectation of praise without merit.

Adding Value. Look for (or ask for) testimonials

If you've not won awards, don't worry. All you need to do is quickly express empathy and quickly demonstrate authority and then move on.

building a brand may be more important than building a business.

Then, as if Truth had reminded her to whom she was speaking, she added, 'But I wasn't surprised.

prejudice: so comforting until someone noticed

I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all.

What if you had never seen the sea before? What if the only thing you'd ever seen was a child's picture - blue crayon, choppy waves? Would you know the real sea if you only knew the picture? Would you be able to recognize the real thing even if you saw it? You don't know what Dionysus looks like. We're talking about God here. God is serious business.

But just when I thought I was going to get away, the creaky machinery of his face began to grind and a cardboard dawn of recognition was lowered, with jerks, from the dusty proscenium.

And someplace, if there is a place where lists are kept, and credit given, I am sure there is a gold star by his name.

People don't pay attention to ninety percent of what they see.