Quotes About Recognition

I made it into Wikipedia," sang Erszebet. "I'll bet none of my enemies ever made it into Wikipedia.

I am an Aleut." "Oh, I've never heard of that." "That's because we've been fucked over," the big scary Aleut says, "worse than any other people in history.

Ever think of introducing yourself? Y.T. says. Nah, he says, people always forget names. You can just think of me as that one guy, y'know?

Don Donald was clearly accustomed to addressing people whose only way of responding was to nod worshipfully and take notes.

But that's bullshit!" Doug says. "Jesus! Haven't you guys spent any time at all around people like Comstock? Can't you recognize bullshit? Don't you think it would be a useful item to add to your intellectual toolkits to be capable of saying, when a ton of wet steaming bullshit lands on your head, 'My goodness, this appears to be bullshit'?

And this all fits very well with the modern way of thinking about stuff in which all you need to do, in order to attain a sense of personal accomplishment and earn the accolades of your peers, is to demonstrate an ability to slot new examples of things into the proper intellectual pigeon-holes.

I had to let her know that the reason she'd never heard of me was because I was famous.

It became sort of obvious that one of them was the boss. Tall guy, a little older than the others, in a Manu jersey." "Manu jersey?" "Manu Ginobili," Peter said, almost angry that Zula did not understand the reference. "He plays for the Spurs.

The three-ringer gives her a quick look, just long enough to make sure she is really a person, not a sack of flour or an engine block or a tree stump.

they were a bit like English taverns, which had effigies instead of names, so that people like Jack, who could not read, could know them.

It was hard to tell whether he was looking at a water heater, an abandoned refrigerator, or a human being. When it moved a little, he decided the latter

If it's wearing red, yellow, or both, it's a lama," he said. "Bow to it.

If he's got a big yellow scarf over his left shoulder, he's the king. Bow lower in that case.

After thanking everyone from God on down and then back up to God again, and then, as a precaution, tacking on a blanket thank-you for any persons or supernatural beings he had left out, he began:

changing her course several times. And when she spotted the flag raised over Master Chucai's tent, she quickly

He seemed not to know that he was quite handsome.

I've never heard of Manu Ginobili," Zula said. "Is he really such a common cultural referent that—" "Yes," said Peter and Csongor in unison.

He is sure that this would elevate his stature beyond that of dull software boy.

What awaited them there could only be guessed at, but for Ariane it was probably going to be a substantial reward, a medal, and a promotion to some high rank in Red's military intelligence branch.

Then the prayer is a prayer of thanksgiving. It is not a request at all, but a statement of gratitude for what is so.

I had fooled myself into thinking that I was something important to the rest of the world.

It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.

I'm still a nobody, when am I not going to be a nobody?

the party line is that some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle, but i think they do it to make us feel important