Unseen Contributions Quotes

Every person passing through this life will unknowingly leave something and take something away. Most of this “something” cannot be seen or heard or numbered or scientifically detected or counted. It’s what we leave in the minds of other people and what they leave in ours. Memory. The census doesn’t count it. Nothing counts without it.

So few people recognize me, I can do what anyone does.

No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it

It was clear to me that it wouldn't matter what I did - they would never truly appreciate me or learn what I had to offer. They were far beyond fickle - they were insensible, like kittens,predatory little things, distracted by the first bit of string or shiny bauble that rolled across the floor, and nothing I could ever say or do could possibly make any kind of dent in their willful ignorance.

Like I always say, it's a team effort. A lot of behind the scenes work goes in when we're at home.

The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture.

Unfortunately, the spouses of performers have a terrible, terrible life. They get shunted aside, pushed aside, ignored.

The Forgotten Man... works, he votes, generally he prays—but he always pays—yes, above all, he pays. He does not want an office; his name never gets into the newspaper except when he gets married or dies. He keeps production going on.... He does not frequent the grocery or talk politics at the tavern. Consequently, he is forgotten.... All the burdens fall on him, or on her, for it is time to remember that the Forgotten Man is not seldom a woman.

My parents do a lot of things behind the scenes that go unnoticed.

The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.

I was overlooked long before anyone knew who I was.

You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

I always thought that I would just be working in obscurity in perpetuity.

The backside of heroism is often rather sad; women and servants know that. They know also that the heroism may be no less real for that. But achievement is smaller than men think. What is large is the sky, the earth, the sea, the soul.