recognition quotes

• No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities. (Franklin Roosevelt) [democracy/recognition]
• What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise -- although the philosophers generally call it recognition! (William James) [recognition]
• I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. (John F. Kennedy) [more/future/recognition/artist]
• No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities. (Franklin Roosevelt) [democracy/recognition]
• Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. (George Santayana) [knowledge/recognition/embrace]
• A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service. (Henry David Thoreau) [recognition/love/service]
• Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings. (Simone Weil) [equality/recognition/etiquette/attention]
• I wouldn't refuse stardom, recognition, acclaim. I had no axe to grind either way... I wasn't wishing I was somewhere else, somebody else, richer or more famous. I was happy and secure with who I was, what I was and where I was. I didn't have to have what they all had. (Dirk Benedict) [recognition/more]
• Ultimately, I think it's just going to get you that exposure, get you in that door, get you that recognition that will hopefully get you opportunities. (Shawn Ashmore) [think/recognition/willpower]
• Oh, yeah, well that's what I keep trying to do, and I have to be reminded that it's a trade-off, the recognition factor and the virtues of being recognized. (William Shatner) [recognition/being]
• I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job. (William Petersen) [business/recognition]
• I was happy that they liked my work and I finally got the acclaim and recognition that I thought I deserved. (Ally Sheedy) [recognition]
• It's not always thankless. Let's face it - it's not always thankless. I've gotten a lot of really great recognition and I've worked with amazing people. (Kyra Sedgwick) [face/recognition/people]
• I want to do well enough to get some recognition. I would hope to become an actor who is good enough to win Oscars. (Oded Fehr) [recognition]
• “For some reason the public has embraced me as a fashion icon, and I feel like it has diminished me as an actress. Or I don't get as much recognition as an actress -- and that upsets me.” (Chloe Sevigny) [fashion/recognition]
• Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. (Ambrose Bierce) [recognition]
• At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth. (Leon Askin) [life/fame/recognition]
• Black people should have recognition for themselves and their backgrounds and their relationships with other people in the world and thus lose some of their alienation. This museum has certainly stood for that in this town. (Katherine Dunham) [people/recognition/people/museum]

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