Quotes About Recognition

The truth is that both groups want to be noticed. Yet we view a man's desire for attention as a natural instinct; with a woman, we label her a narcissist.

Every dog has its day - and today is woof day! Today I just want to bark.

I think about legacy a lot, hopefully at the end of the day they say I was a good bluesman. That's all I want.

The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career.

When I'm on the net, someone always wants to chat with me. But outside of MySpace, it's a completely different world. I don't get recognized that much on the street.

I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.

My whole thing was this was to immortalize my family's name. To get the people who never would have appreciated him to appreciate him, there's nothing a son could want more.

Some people say I'm the best back in the NFL. That's what drives you: You want everyone saying there's no doubt who's the best.

It was fantastic for me to see the cheering and clapping and it showed maybe not all of them want me out of a job!

A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.

The young people when I go to McDonald's, the Hispanic clerks will come by, 'Sheriff, can we have a picture?' over and over again. At least they want a picture with me.

You always get that energy, you just want to be heard, to go out, do your thing and show people that we have just as much talent here as everywhere else.

Symptoms, those you believe you recognize, seem to you irrational because you take them in an isolated manner, and you want to interpret them directly.

I have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs.

I don't even like to go out onto the streets sometimes because I can't get anything done. People want pictures and autographs all the time.

All artists are vain, they long to be recognized and to leave something to posterity. They want to be loved, and at the same time they want to be free. But nobody is free.

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.

Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment.

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.

I wouldn't be happy about being considered a love poet or an environmental - I don't want any of those tags.

I think it's great when writers get recognition; it doesn't happen very often. I just don't want that writer to be me. Let it be Aaron Sorkin or, you know, somebody good.

Praise behaviour that you want repeated

The Sherry Theater, which I named after my mom, is a place I can go. I do want to give back to the community. There are so many people out there who want to be seen and heard, and get connected.

I went from trying to get people just to listen to my music, not necessarily knowing me, to this. I didn't want to be known, because I didn't want to be Fetty Wap... Me, I'm just a background guy.