Quotes About Recognition

I don't think I look like the pope's favorite Catholic - at least not under close scrutiny.

I've conducted the Boston Pops! Imagine that! Me! Maya Angelou! I've sang and danced at La Scala!

I may not be top of the pops' anymore, but I seem to still be making a big impact.

Men may be popular without being ambitious, but there is hardly an ambitious man who does not try to be popular.

I don't know what people find or like in me, I'm hopelessly commonplace! Current appreciation of my work is a bit highbrow, I've always considered myself a popular artist.

I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own.

I was afraid I would get the Oscar for 'Irma La Douce' because it was popular. But I didn't want to because I didn't really think it was that good.

It is kind of nice for when people appreciate what you have done, but I would not base my career on awards because they are mostly popular awards and not talent-oriented awards.

I never thought I was going to be popular; I never thought I was going to be famous.

I guess I was popular in high school.

There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.

I know hockey is not as popular as cricket in India, but I hope in future, every renowned hockey player should be given a fitting farewell rather than ignoring them.

Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm so popular around the world.

I know it's popular to say this because she's the woman of the moment, but Halle Berry. Not only does she have obvious audience appeal and star quality, but she's a damn good actress too.

I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.

There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist.

When I was 12, all I wanted was to be good at school, and to do something admirable, something you can't take away from me because I'm not popular or beautiful enough.

I was young enough to certainly realize the excitement of how popular 'Seinfeld' was.

We tell girls to be themselves, but then they have role models - sometimes too many role models - in popular culture who incarnate that kind of disconnectedness from oneself. We are taught to self-hate; we are taught to doubt. Our culture doesn't help us recognize ourselves as amazing beings without changing ourselves.

In fact, my popularity seems almost entirely a masculine phenomenon.

You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.

I found popularity through self-destruction, and that can be quite addictive.

Popularity is given to you, and if you think that just because you're really popular you're a better person, it could be a real crash when you find the popularity goes down.

Popularity matters a lot, as at the end of the day, the love of your audiences can make you win.