Quotes About Visibility

None of us likes to see himself as he must appear to others.

Working to be outstanding at what you do, raises your confidence and improves your reputation. As you work to become top notch, you gain higher attention and visibility.

They who walk in the light do not see those in the shadow.

I believe that it is better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked. • Mae West, Belle of the Nineties, 1934

Why the gay press doesn't review your books? They don't? They don't, Arthur. Don't pretend you haven't noticed. You're not in the cannon.

It's not hard to figure out who has the power in any large gathering in our mediated culture: they are the ones with a microphone, their image projected larger than life above the crowd.

APERT  (APE'RT)   adj.[apertus, Lat.]Open.

The world cannot reward those qualities which are concealed from it

What people aren't looking for, they rarely see.

If a world can be what we learn not to notice, noticing becomes a form of political labor.

Becoming the race person means you are the one who is turned to when race turns up. The very fact of your existence can allow others not to turn up.

The monster—if there was one—never revealed itself to me again. But what I had learned over the past year was that monsters abound, usually in plain sight.

I was used to being invisible. People rarely saw me, and if they did, they never looked close. I wasn't shiny and charming like my brother, stunning and graceful like my mother, or smart and dynamic like my friends. That's the thing, though. You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.

That's the thing, though. You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.

For all the invisible girls and for my readers, for seeing me

When faced with the scariest of things, all you want to do is turn away, hide in your own invisible place. But you can't. That's why it's not only important for us to be seen, but to have someone to look for us, as well.

But I'm kind of used to being invisible," I continued. "So any kind of attention makes me nervous.

There's something about dancing that's like being stripped naked; you have to be very self-confident to thrash around in public, deliberately attracting attention. I'd never been that way, even without the weight that once kept me in everyone's eyes. Dancers were the lightest and brightest of butterflies, while girls like me stayed low, bellies scraping along the floor, and watched from there.

You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.

When faced with the scariest of things, all you want is to turn away. But you can't. That's why it's not only important for us to be seen, but to have someone look for us, as well.

As our eyes met, I thought again of that long-ago afternoon in the courthouse. When faced with the scariest of the things, all you want is to turn away, hide in your own invisible place. But you can't. That's why it's not only important for us to be seen, but to have someone to look for us, as well.

That's the thing, though. You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are

When faced with the scariest of things, all you want is to turn away, hide in your own invisible place. But you can't. That's why it's not only important for us to be seen, but to have someone to look for us, as well.

But as I dropped my hand from my eyes to say this to Jamie, I realized I couldn't see him anymore. My view was blocked by my sister, who had moved to stand between us, one hand stretched out behind her, toward me.