Being Overlooked Quotes

If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable.

I was absent at the moment I took up the most space.

When you are the woman upstairs, nobody thinks of you first. Nobody calls you before anyone else, or sends you the first postcard. Once your mother dies, nobody loves you “best of all.” It's a small thing, you might think, and maybe it depends on your temperament, maybe for some people it's a small thing, but for me [...]

I'm lucky that I haven't been left out in the cold like Mumta Kulkarni or Meghna Kothari.

I really want to demonstrate I'm not to be overlooked anymore.

It’s okay. I’m used to people not wanting me at their parties.” I pushed to my feet. The stars seemed to twirl a bit with the movement. “No big deal.

When someone, let's say a teacher, speaks of the world and you are not in it, it's like looking into the mirror and seeing nothing.

Do I think people are sleeping on me? Absolutely.

I was always the one left behind. Out in the streets, when they saw me they'd say, That's just one of the Bee Gees.

I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.

I'll put it like this: When I was in high school, I would never win a popularity contest back then... it was always somebody else that got picked first for whatever reason. But all those people that went before me usually dropped the ball... then I'd get my shot.

The thrill of being ignored!

When I'm out with Shaun people will come up to him for five minutes, sometimes longer, and as they're leaving they'll say: 'Oh, you must be, erm, Bradley.' I don't mind at all.

I never did anything original my whole childhood. I was invisible.

How does it feel to be the 's third choice? Humiliating? You could have thrown a dart. That's how close they were. We had so many excellent candidates.

I think by the time I was born, my parents had pretty well run the gauntlet with their kids. The novelty had kind of worn off by the time the twelfth child was born. I was lucky to get fed and changed, picked up and taken to school.

Below a certain point, if you keep too quiet, people no longer see you as thoughtful or deep; they simply forget you.

I am never the favourite, but I live for that.

When you're married to someone famous, people know you, but they're not really seeing you.

You know I am all about the good guys, but sometimes we get put to the back of the line because we are too nice.

Honestly, not being well received makes me feel very vulnerable. Not being included or regarded highly enough makes me crazy.

I'm the youngest of five girls, and I don't know about you, but it's really hard to be heard when you have five women. I've always been this loud and over the top as a person because I just want to be heard.

It's weird sometimes to have people not see me or see what I do.

I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking.