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Quotes About Recognition

Now I am here - now read me - give me a name.
~ Carl Sandburg
And of those responding neurons, 51 fired in response to only a single person or thing. One neuron responded only to Halle Berry, for example. Amazingly, the "Halle Berry" neuron responded to any picture of her, including one in which she was dressed as the masked Catwoman. Even the name Halle Berry triggered that neuron, which was silent at the sight of other actresses or their names.
~ Carl Zimmer
I think you judge yourself too severely, a quality that always distinguishes people of true worth.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Probablemente un extraño nos ve como somos, no como quiere creer que somos
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Hay épocas y lugares en los que no ser nadie es más honorable que ser alguien.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Better still, I pay you. And I pay you very well, which is the only real form of flattery in this whorish world.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Ci sono epoche e luoghi in cui essere nessuno è più onorevole che essere qualcuno
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Kad me vidio, don Pedrov otac naredio mi je da odem po ?ašu mineralne i ?ist rubac kako bih mu obrisao mrlju na reveru. Mislim da ste se prevarili, gospodne. Ja nisam sluga... Uputio mi je osmijeh koji mi je razjasnio kako stoje stvari u svijetu, bez potrebe za rije?ima. Ti si se prevario, mladi?u. Ti si sluga, znao to ili ne.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sose fogadjon el olyan kitüntetést, ami nem egy csekk hátán érkezik.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
S? takie miejsca i takie czasy, kiedy bycie nikim przynosi wi?kszy zaszczyt ni? bycie kim?.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as they wish us to be.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
denn Applaus hat nur einen Wert, wenn er im gerechten Moment eintrifft. Als welke Spätblume ist er nichts als Beleidigung und Schimpf.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Hay épocas en que es más honorable morir en el olvido que vivir en la gloria.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sé que me esperarás y sé que te reconoceré entre la gente, como te reconocería aunque hubiesen pasado mil años. Lo sé desde hace tiempo
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Há alturas e locais em que não ser ninguém é mais honroso do que ser alguém.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The more you try to hide from the truth, the quicker it finds you
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Nekad nepie?emiet apbalvojumus, ja tie nav uzdruk?ti uz bankas ?ekiem. Jo cit?di tie n?k par labu tikai pieš??r?jiem.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Never accept medals unless they come printed on the back of a cheque.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Nothing had ever terrified her so much as sensing that animality under her own skin, the prey's instinctive recognition of her predator, dressed in elegant linen.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I've had lots of happy moments. I've been lucky. But I always think the happiest moment hasn't happened yet. I'm talking about the queen of happy moments. The biggie. The unfathomable. The epitome of happiness. The only thing is, I worry that when it comes along I won't recognize it. It'll be flashing away there at the edge of my vision and I'll be looking so hard that I'll just let it float right by.
~ Carol Shields
Men, it seemed to me in those days, were uniquely honored by the stories that erupted in their lives, whereas women were more likely to be smothered by theirs.
~ Carol Shields
To be believed, you had to have the support of the Somebodies
~ Caroline B. Cooney
The most effective way to break the controlling force of a myth is to recognize that you personally believe it, and that while you may share this belief with others, it is a belief and not necessarily a fact.
~ Caroline Myss
I could have hugged the woman. "Thank you for
~ Carolyn Brown