Official Recognition Quotes

I don't believe that a piece of paper can decide your relationship status.

Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition.

We cannot recognize, hold official relations with, or give friendly reception to the agents of a government which is determined and bound to conspire against our institutions.

Any cooperation that doesn't go through the Syrian government is not legal. If it's not legal, we cannot cooperate with, and we don't recognize and we don't accept.

Victimless crimes are the lifeline of the RIGHT virus. And there is a growing recognition, even in official quarters, that victimless crimes should be removed from the books or subject to minimal penalties.

I hereby declare him an American.

This is beginning to sound more like a canonization hearing than a confirmation hearing.

I didn't even have a birth certificate until I was 9 years old, which meant that, according to the state of Idaho and the federal government, I just didn't exist.

I said to myself, "If the government thinks I'm an artist, I must be one."

The only artist who does not deserve respect is the one who works to please the public, for commercial success or for official success.

Honestly I can truly say, it would be, nice, but I don't feel like I got to get a Grammy or something to feel official. I'm cool but it would be nice Grammy Awards!

I literally touched down in Kosovo and the president, prime minister and mayor were waiting for me to get off the plane. Apparently that's unheard of. They don't wait for nobody.

We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.

I am humbled and truly honored to be the recipient of The Key to the City and my own day by the District of Columbia.

We have always been taught that hockey is our national game, but it is only in general knowledge books and not on official papers.