Quotes About Recognition

God! how is it that we fail to recognize that the mask of pleasure, stripped of all hypocrisy, is that of anguish?

The thing about denial is that it doesn't feel like denial when it's going on.

They've named the well after you." "How did they know my name?" "They don't. They invented one.

How did they know that I was the one who saved them?" "They don't. You're the third knight they've celebrated over since it happened.

Ay, you've already seen that you and your master aren't quite at home in this world, at least not like before.' Terence nodded slowly. 'It'll only get stronger, too,' Robin continued. 'Soon you'll find yourself looking into people's eyes to see if they've been there. And once you find someone who has, you'll greet him as a long-lost friend and take him to your heart.

Who are you?" [Bryce] asked in a hoarse whisper "Nathaniel Gorham." The man waited, expectantly, then his face fell. "You don't recognize it?" Bryce could do no more than shake his head. "Figures. If I'd said George Washington or Benjamin Franklin then you would have perked up. But Nathaniel Gorham? No... My name's right there next to theirs... At the bottom of the Constitution. Big as life, just like Ben's and General Washington's.

Well, there are all of the names you would recognize - Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Tom Paine, Paul Revere. There are over three hundred of us, actually. I wish all were as well known to this generation as the others. Every one played a part - along with thousands of others whose names are no in any history books.

Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.

We are so clothed in rationalization and dissemblance that we can recognize but dimly the deep primal impulses that motivate us.

Definition of Father's Day: Same as Mother's Day but you don't spend as much.

It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him.

Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer.

I am not sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough, and the old applause.

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

There are two things that people want more than sex and money- recognition and praise.

There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Make me feel important." Never forget this message when working with people.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

Most people would rather be seen through than not seen at all.

If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

The good composer is slowly discovered, the bad composer is slowly found out.

Response to clapping: "Thank you for ovating."

How many opportunities present themselves to a man without his noticing them?

Renown is a source of toil and sorrow; obscurity is a source of happiness.