Quotes About Recognition

I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.

I will either be famous or infamous.

It doesn't matter if you're famous or infamous. All that matters is you're a celebrity.

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

I sometimes allow people to infer that I'm much less successful than I am.

My desire for fame is infinite.

I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.

I don't see myself as being as big of an influence as other people seem to think.

People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of.

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them.

We believe that the infrastructure of our care economy is something to take very seriously.

When you're young you believe it when people tell you how good you are. And that's the danger, you inhale. Everyone will tell you you're a genius, which you are not, and if you understand that, you win.

The Universal Declaration of Human rights is a transformational document that recognizes the inherent dignity and equal rights of all people.

I think that's kind of nice that there's this kind of inherent respect between runners who do a marathon. People respect somebody who has done it, and I will do anything to get some respect because I don't get a lot respect in my life.

The last thing I wanted in life was to be measured by what I had inherited, as opposed to what I had done.

When you're a kid, and you grow up, it takes some time for people to associate you with more things other than that initial thing.

Initially, when I was a nobody in the eyes of the world, I would often approach filmmakers hoping that they would see in me the potential that I saw in me.

At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did.

I've played lots of games carrying an injury, but people don't value what I do for Barcelona.

The nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own time.

My name is out there right now. I'm creative and innovative. I should capitalize on it.

My creative energy and inputs have always been respected.

Making the Hall of Fame has long been considered the top individual honor that one can achieve in any sport, but for me, I feel it is a culmination of all the input and effort afforded me from so many other people over the years that put me in this position today.

On an emotional level, success in America would be terrible for me; it would be insane. I really, seriously, never want to be famous here.