Quotes About Recognition

Why the gay press doesn't review your books? They don't? They don't, Arthur. Don't pretend you haven't noticed. You're not in the cannon.

Things are going so well today that it feels not impossible it is the Nobel Committee. But, friends, it is not the Nobel Committee. It is a rule of life, alas, that it is never the Nobel Committee.

are based on the principle that naming something is a good way to subdue it, and that knowing the source of a problem is useful in solving that problem.

must love them for themselves

The sprinter unwisely indulges his arrogance against the marathon runner, and likewise, parents who encourage their children's narcissism do them no favours. It is best to accomplish something before becoming famous, because if the fame comes first, it often precludes accomplishment...You don't build a career by playing Carnegie Hall. You build a career and then Carnegie Hall will invite you to play.

One grey cloak is much like another, just as all cats are grey in the dark.

Status is about counting, numbering, ranking and ultimately about excluding.

One of power's invisible perquisites is that others grant you deference without your having to ask for it.

bravo, bravo!' says Terry. 'That was il magnifico de stupendio!' 'Thank you,' says Mr Big Nose, taking a big bow.

everything has it's beauty but not everyone sees it

You know it's ART, when the check clears.

Do you recognize suffering? -I hope I do. -Injustice? -Again, I hope I would. -Then you are a political man.

All my life, everybody has seen me a certain way. What do you see?

For the first time she saw that the nurse's name was Tabitha.

She didn't deserve it, which was to say she deserved better.

What is it we recognize? The soul is a mysterious thing. It's no less mysterious for me, though I've seen my own and others' refracted through hundreds of bodies over time.

The angels come to visit us,          and we only know them   when they are gone.     ââ'¬â€George Eliot

For nine years Paul had not called her by her name. She had always been Shorty or Kid or You to him since she was twelve. It wasn't until her first night working as a waitress at the yacht club that Alice realized this

They think of themselves as your grandparents,' he said. But call them whatever you like. James and Mary?

Vera had a stab of recognition which made her stop in her tracks. For a moment, the woman, overweight, aggressive, seen reflected in the shop window, looked very much like her.

And yay for the Sitter of the Month!

People kept looking at Janine and then looking at me. I could just tell they were all thinking, I can't believe you're sisters. Then they would ignore me and congratulate Janine.

I could tell.

I had a lot to be thankful for.