Mitch Albom Quotes

What we really yearn for as human beings is to be visible.

Most people want to be seen or heard. You want to shine. That's my way of shining.

I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will.

I'd rather be looked over than overlooked.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.

I think people don't want be alone. Ultimately, we want to feel connected. We want to feel like there is someone who actually sees us in the world. That's the big thing: to be seen. How many people actually feel seen?

That's basically what the drive is: "I want to be famous, I want to be noticed, and I want to be approved of." That's basically what you're after. "Give me attention, give me applause, give me an audience. A. A. A. Straight As." That's all you're looking for.

Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That's important.

Don't ever take for granted when people look in your eyes; you have no idea how important it is to be acknowledged. Even if it's an angry stare, because it's when they ignore you, when they look right through you, that you should start worrying.

If I were to go the major route, again, attention would probably be the first and foremost. You want attention, you want support, you want to be treated properly, and I don't wanna have to go anywhere and teach people how to treat me. As far as money, acclaim and fame, those things are a plus - accolades - they're all great.

I think people love to be noticed, they love to feel included. A lot of people are flattered if you, you know, if you make jokes about them, or I think because it means they're known.

You know I had rather be laughed at than not to be noticed at all.

I've never yet met a person who didn't want to be appreciated.

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

What we yearn for as human beings is to be visible to each other.

From the most remote of villages to the largest metropolitan cities, we, as a species, have the same internal need to be seen, heard, and validated. It is the most human of traits that I have witnessed and experienced the world over.

You were seen, you were heard and you matter.

Most people would trade everything they know, everyone they know- they'd trade it all to know they've been seen, and acknowledged, that they might even be remembered. We all know we die. We all know the world is too big for us to be significant. So all we have is the hope of being seen, or heard, even for a moment.

What people really want, no matter who they are, is someone to listen to them. ... people have a lot on their minds, however trivial, and if you're simply willing to sit there like a sack of dirt and let them yammer, they will tell it to you.

Everyone knows what it's like to feel like the underdog. Everyone wants to be accepted. Ultimately, everybody wants to be loved.

An actress wants to be seen. An actress wants to be loved. By multitudes of people, not just one lone man.

All human beings hunger for appreciation.

I don't want the attention. I want the respect.

They see her differently now, as somebody. And isn't that what everyone wants? To be seen?