Quotes About Recognition

I was just hoping I'd be drafted in the first round. So to be able to be the first receiver, that was a big pride thing. I can always say now that I was the first receiver taken in my class.

I am hugely honoured and proud to be receiving a knighthood.

I am honored to be receiving the Point Courage Award.

The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.

I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.

I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.

Being taken down a few pegs is humbling. Knowing that life is not easy or fair is humbling. Receiving a great honor - well, that would be called an honor.

Don't act like you've arrived when you're just receiving the invitation.

I try to not think too much about how people are receiving my music. And I'm not really famous enough that it's a problem.

I like receiving attention for the things that I do, like a good film.

Receiving praise from Cristiano Ronaldo is a joy.

After 'Aashiqui 2,' I have been receiving congratulatory calls and messages from people, and they are showering me with praises. I am happy that the film connected with the hearts of the masses.

I am receiving as much love for 'Four Shots More Please!' as I got for 'Pink,' if not more. It's heart-warming.

Dwayne Betts is the kind of man who should be receiving awards from the Connecticut bar. Instead, he hasn't been admitted.

Being here and receiving appreciation from the people here in Nantes has a special appeal. But I do believe I have worked hard for it. Very hard.

Receiving my first degree was one of the most important days of my life.

I don't really understand why we are paid less than the male actors, because we put equal efforts, and recent past has shown that actresses can deliver a hit film. We deserve better pay, equal to what actors get.

I got told I needed a producer I don't know how many times - maybe 27 times, 30? Then I recently got told 'I'm so proud of you.' That was even more great to hear.

It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child.

I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said.

Up until recently, I've said, 'I don't notice the sexism in the industry.'

At a party recently I was introduced to Meryl Streep, and it took me a second to get my head around it. You know, that I'm meeting these people now. I'm doing it.

For one thing, before the 20th century, there were plenty of genocides. We tend to forget about them, partly because they weren't as well documented and partly because, until recently, people didn't care. We used euphemisms like 'sackings' and 'sieges' instead of calling them 'genocides.'