Quotes About Validation

Once you have a point of view all history will back you up.

There's always an asterisk behind somebody's name who hasn't won the Super Bowl. There shouldn't be, but that's kind of the way history works.

A girl's got to do what she's got to do to make somebody pay her a compliment. If that means moaning 'til the cows come home, then so be it.

Focus groups are a waste of time, filled with people telling you what you want to hear so they can go home.

Home is where you feel unjudged, and where what I do isn't necessarily stupid or wrong.

If you get validation from outside, then suddenly everything you do at home is justified.

I grew up in a home environment where I wasn't getting esteem for anything I did.

Whenever anybody does something in a big way, it's always rejected at home and accepted someplace else.

Most people sitting at home aren't cool, successful, witty Hollywood stars, but they all worry about what people think of them when they faux pas.

It really hit home that my parents felt as though they didn't have to worry anymore. They realized if you could win an Oscar, that was a good sign.

I imagine you come across a number of people who are disconcerted by the difference between what you do feel and what they fancy you ought to feel. It is fatal to pay the smallest attention to them.

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

I did well in school. I had lots of honors, so I thought I was quite smart.

I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.

I've always accepted applause as making me feel worthwhile. I hope I die being applauded. Just put a chaise longue under me and let me go.

I would like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we've passed the audition.

I don't write to put it in a drawer, I hope that people see it.

Next year I hope to get a stalker or two because I don't believe you've arrived until you get a stalker.

One half was like, I hope this doesn't affect it, and the other half was like, it's great that people know I did a Beyoncé record.

I hope there is nothing about me that people have a big problem with. You know, I like to think of myself as lovable.

You never know how things are going to go. I think you hope that people are going to dig what you do and that you're going to get the chance to do it on a really comfortable level.

What hope is there for innocence if it is not recognized?