Quotes about Recognition

You know when everyone's watching, your mom and dad, your friends in high school who thought they were better than you. You get your chance to get in the spotlight and shine.

The very first time I had Whitney Houston on my show, however many years ago, I thought, "You are 'the voice.'" You are the voice, that was my name for you.

We have met once," she said, "at the Holcombes. If Mr. Roark remembers.

He didn't want to be great, but to be thought great.

Don't despise the middleman. He's necessary. Someone had to tell them. It takes two to make a very good career: the man who is great, and the man-almost rarer-who is great enough to see greatness and say so.

Have you felt it too? Have you seen how your best friends love everything about you — except the things that count? And your most important is nothing to them; nothing, not even a sound they can recognize.

As much as Tim blamed himself during the next morning's postmortem, I recognized it as a systems failure

Unless we could recognize one another's reality, I'd argue, we would never solve the problems America faced.

No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the spiritual life suggests that the reason so many of us cannot see the red X that marks the spot is because we are standing on it. The treasure we seek requires no lengthy expedition, no expensive equipment, no superior aptitude or special company. All we lack is the willingness to imagine that we already have everything we need. The only thing missing is our consent to be where we are.

How can we presume to uplift the life of the working man, if we don't respect his work?

To be here was to be known. If Lee County isn't that, it's nothing.

Her mark on history: the female acquaintance.