Washington Allston Quotes

Everybody wants to be great at something.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

The sooner I get into the Hall of Fame the better.

It's rare that anybody gets in the Hall of Fame, and to be nominated is good enough for me.

To be the best you have to win trophies.

All I want are titles and nothing less.

I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to the Hall of Fame and taking tours of it. I just never thought about that one day I possibly might be in it. I think it'd be great.

I've never won many awards, I didn't get certificates for swimming or anything.

I'm happy to belong to this group of top champions having excelled here.

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize.

Also, I've already won all the awards.

Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.

It's always fun to think about winning an award. I thought about winning awards when I was a little girl. Everybody wants to win an award for something.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

I did not know that I can win the Nobel Prize.

Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!'.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase.