Quotes About Acknowledgment

I suspect that a lot of studio executives still think of me as 'what's-his-name'.

The Pulitzer isn't a physical object. You can't hold it in your hand. You get some money ($7,500 in my day), and you get a little Tiffany's paperweight with your name on it and the image of Joseph Pulitzer suspended in the crystal. When people see my 'Pulitzer' (I keep it in my sock drawer), they are pretty amazed at its meagerness.

People know what 'Hedwig' is now, and that's wonderful. It's not the same as being swamped for being on 'The Big Bang Theory,' but it's much more comfortable.

I certainly have been guilty of trying to sweep things under the carpet.

It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.

I also quite like to be recognized by children; I find it sweet.

It's funny; I think I'm at a level of recognizability - is that even a word? - where it's just really nice. I think when people are really famous, it can be hard for them because they feel like it's an invasion. But for me, it's just a few times every day when someone will say something sweet and validating, and it's just the best.

The sweetest two words in any negotiation are actually, 'That's right.' Before you convince them to see what you're trying to accomplish, you have to say the things to them that will get them to say, 'That's right.'

For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet... and hoped that they would go away.

People come up to me and say, 'You're that swimmer.'

Success is not two cars or a swimming pool. It's the approval of your peers.

'Ancillary Sword' picked up the Locus and the BSFA, which surprised the heck out of me.

The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.

It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.

I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering.

I didn't know I was a sex symbol in the U.K., but if I am, then I'm flattered.

Well, I guess this sex symbol stuff is a nice compliment, but I don't walk around thinking of myself as a sex symbol.

Fans don't boo nobodies.

Sometimes airport security people recognize me. I'll go through the whole screening process and at the end they'll go, 'Hey, man, I really like your work.' That's so cool.

Bear heard Rose in the background saying, 'Why thank you, Mr. Fish.' 'Good redhead. Helpful redhead,' Fish returned.

This is a quiet, frightened, insignificant old man who has been nothing all his life, who has never had recognition, his name in the newspapers. Nobody knows him, nobody quotes him, nobody seeks his advice after seventy-five years. That's a very sad thing, to be nothing. A man like this needs to be recognized, to be listened to, to be quoted just once. This is very important. It would be so hard for him to recede into the background ...

We must in the end acknowledge the infirmity of our nature

Apply the following principles when dealing with a criticizer: The first time someone criticizes you, choose whether you want to ignore the remark or act on it. If you choose to respond, try saying: "Thank you for your opinion." This is apt to end the conversation.

De werkelijkheid bestaat pas, als je je er iets van aantrekt. Je moet de werkelijkheid de kans niet geven, te bestaan.