Quotes About Recognition

It's a life or death thing, society, and I think people mainly do recognize that, and the people who deny it are stupid fuckers, I say this unequivocally. Ignorant fools. That kind of stupidity should be put in jail.

Shakespeare It is fair, though hardly very important, that to say or imply that the man of this name is not our greatest writer marks a second-rate person at best.

Shakespeare It is fair, through hardly very important, that to say or imply that the man of this name is not our greatest writer marks a second-rate person at best.

God be praised, I had raised myself in my own estimation again!

Wergeland] slapp å bli en olding som satt og gjorde seg motbydelig for sine omgivelser ved sin elde. En gave var det til ham fra gudene, en nåde var det mot ham av gudene. Og heller ikke gled han nedover til den slappelse i sin produksjon som kanskje ville føre til en St. Olav eller en annen fin anerkjennelse, dertil ble han iallfall ikke gammel nok; nei han døde ung. ("Wergeland", tale på Henrik Wergelands hundreårsdag 17. juni 1908)

There are no small parts, only small actors.

I've wrought my family's destruction. Killed those I loved most, with my very touch. My dark precipice has been reached. I throw back my head and roar as recognition takes hold. I am Death...

On that ledge in the blackness, she'd truly recognized for the first time in her life that some creatures who went bump in the night might hate that they did.

You wouldn't recognize a good thing if it was spanking your ass.

He surveyed the dimly lit space. She'd lured him directly into a large dungeon cell. And one he recognized, because he'd kept prisoners here when he was master and king of Castle Tornin. She's trapped me in my own goddamned dungeon.

Excellence is praised." "Praise inspires excellence.

That don't look good, Kramisha said. Not good at all. She paused and then her eyes went from me to Heath, whose attention was so focused on me I swear he didn't look like he would notice if a giant white elephant in a tutu danced around the room. Ain't that the human kid who was down here before?

I guess. I just want to look as old as I am, instead of getting carded for movies.

I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.

Être aimé sans mérite, c'est la preuve d'un vrai amour

The message was clear for baby boomers everywhere: Kurt Cobain was not merely some rock 'n' roll icon who couldn't handle drugs. In ways that were important to recognize, he was every parent's child.

When depressed, go and find someone to salute you.

Emerald City. Not all the people could go to congratulate

Thank you very much, said the Scarecrow, when he had been set down on the ground.

To be called beautiful was a novelty in his experience.

Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it.

Folks gener'ly gets stuck-up 'cause they don't know theirselves like other folks knows 'em.

Those who do the least, often shout the loudest and so get the most glory.

Just who in the Hall are you, anyway?" Vuffi Raa said. Lando looked at the robot sharply. He hated having his good lines stolen.