Recognised Quotes
140 quotes by 135 authors
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You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know…
— Joan Armatrading
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Density, complexity, and historical-semantic value that is so strong as to make politics possible... Gramsci's insight is to have recognised that subordination, fracturing, diffusion, reproducing,…
— Edward Said
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I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised for.
— Charlie Simpson
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My Department has already recognised this and has been working specifically on the technical support issue since January and will offer advice to schools during…
— Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
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The Rich Man's Banquet, which was to last for a decade, had now begun: the feast, it was recognised, went to the greediest.
— Osbert Sitwell
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Muscular dystrophy ... was never seen until Duchenne described it in the 1850s. By 1860, after his original description, many hundreds of cases had been…
— Oliver Sacks
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[Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing is anticipated, expected…
— Saint Basil
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It's God - I recognised him from Blake's picture.
— Robert Frost
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It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I…
— Roger Milla
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I've never had paparazzi follow me and I rarely get recognised. I dress like a tramp when I'm not working. My hairdresser calls me the…
— Katie Melua
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Truth cannot be taught but it is quickly recognised by the person ready to discover it.
— Barry Long
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
— Nancy Sinatra
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The love of money as a possession...will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.
— John Maynard Keynes
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Now that spring is no longer to be recognised in blossoms or in new leaves on trees, I must look for it in myself. I…
— David Malouf
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Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news…
— Christine Lahti
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I used to hate being recognised.
— Charlotte Gainsbourg
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Well, I think people don't recognise my face because I'm so much older now, but it is astonishing that people can recognise a voice. I…
— Tom Baker
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The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some of us, when the outline of this science will be clearly made out…
— Nassau William Senior
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There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them…
— Ellen Terry
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My worst fears were confirmed as Thierry and I sat in the centre circle after the final whistle. His name was sung from the rooftops,…
— Ashley Cole
Who Wrote These Recognised Quotes
135 authors contributed a total of 140 Recognised Quotes, led by these top contributors: