Mark Goulston Quotes

I am able to really enjoy the positive attention I receive.

To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.

When someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, 'Sexiest Man Alive,' I'm honestly going, 'Thank you. Right on.' For me, it's never canceled out anything, it's never made me go, 'Does this make me less talented of an actor?'

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

I'm not a star. I don't feel I'm so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you've got my signature on a piece of paper?

It is always positive when you get a lot of praise, but you should handle it the right way.

Respect the work that you've never done before.

I think people should recognise that I'm one of the best defenders in the world and not just talk nonsense, I will say.

I don't look for praise.

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.

I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges. What they said I do not care to repeat.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.

It feels good to have your work respected again.

Everybody wants recognition, but we can't all get it.

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

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.

… his [Charles Evans Hughes’] greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man. I think it was one of the strongest things about [Theodore] Roosevelt. He never tried to minimize what other people did and often exaggerated it..

When I asked my mother why crowds shouted my name and said 'We love you,' she would dust it off by saying, 'Your work makes them happy.' She never let it go to my head.

Sometime you need to give credit to the opposition.

Everyone needs to know how to accept compliments and say thank you.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.