Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Ross

We use the Naval Academy and Air Force Academy as our models, ... I have to give credit to Johnson and his staff. They turned it around so quickly. It's amazing how fast they have done it.

The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black men and women who had never heard of the movies nominated for Best Picture.

Kenneth Branagh

I was studying at the Royal Academy of Arts, and I was playing the role of Dr. Ivan Chebutikin in Chekov's 'Three Sisters.' I was about 50 years too young for the part.

David Williams

We appreciate the tremendous support and generosity from La Petite Academy's children, parents and associates, which has enabled us to grant the heartfelt wishes of nearly 400 children nationwide so far. With Gary leading the way, I believe without a doubt that La Petite Academy will reach its truly impressive goal.

T. J. Miller

I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.

Nathan Sawaya

The team behind 'The Lego Movie' approached me. They wanted to do something extra special for the Academy Award performance of best song nominee 'Everything is Awesome.' They had seen my earlier version of a Lego Oscar statue, and I was happy to take on the challenge.

Neville Marriner

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.

Whether we visit South Bend, or the game is played on the East Coast, it is of great interest to our collective national audience of Irish fans, Naval Academy alumni and the Navy family at large, ... Two institutions with similar values rekindling a lengthy and well-respected relationship make this game special.

When we went up to see her play, Kelly needed to work on her skills. She needed to get stronger, needed more experience, and Blair Academy certainly helped her do that.

We're extremely disappointed it didn't win best picture. We certainly aren't going to paint the entire academy with a broad stroke, but maybe there was some conflict in some members' minds. Still, the movie got tremendous recognition, and we're very pleased with that.

Jim Webb

The POW camps of North Vietnam were packed with Air Force and Naval Academy graduates. The six midshipmen in my Naval Academy class of 1968 who served as liaisons between the Marine Corps and the Brigade of Midshipmen later suffered nine Purple Hearts in Vietnam, and one man killed in action.

We're right where we need to be. It's a two-man race between Newberry Academy and us.

Alfonso Cuaron

'Y Tu Mama Tambien' is one of the first unrated movies to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. But many video stores won't take a movie that's not rated, so I had to make the movie an R.

James Cromwell

The Academy Awards were basically created by the industry to promote pictures. They weren't really to acknowledge the performances. Then it became sort of this a great popularity contest and now, it's an incredible show and it's seen all over the world.

That's an aberration. In our last game against Washington Academy we made about 67 percent, but before that we were 54 percent as a team, so we've spent a lot of time in practice shooting foul shots for the last couple of games.

The family that is left never considered what she was doing as historically significant. I had short notice and had to get ready in a hurry. I was so excited. It was like I was going to the Academy Awards.

I want to make sure the children have as professional an experience as possible. Preparing them for auditions and shows outside the Academy is important.

On behalf of the University of Oregon, I am delighted to offer my heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Richmond upon her election to this most prestigious organization. Dr. Richmond is one of the world's most accomplished chemists and she is an enormous credit to her profession and to this university. We are extremely honored to have her as a member of the Oregon faculty and as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Rob Johnson

nothing to do with the closing of the facility. It was our distinct understanding that Jackson Academy closed for business reasons.

The new plan includes a cap on construction costs, a youth academy to get more young people involved in baseball, additional free tickets to Nationals games so more disadvantaged youth can attend and a vital agreement to use private development to pay for costs around the ballpark.

In a year when the average box office of the movies nominated by the Academy was the lowest since 1984, we believe our list of the top movies better reflects the taste and spirit of the American people.

Mike Pompeo

There's no doubt West Point impacted who I am... It has an enormous emphasis, not only on military aspects, but character development. Whether it's the honor code, or the interactions you have, both with the cadet leadership and the academy leadership, every place you are is a character test.

There's less of a degree of luck in something like the Academy Awards than, say, a basketball game. There are a lot of other things that can't be handicapped (in a basketball game).

The tree-hugging Tolkien freaks, once they get around to seeing the movie and reading the books, tend to go on to read other things that he did. In 1936 he gave a British Academy lecture called Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, which is still one of the most fabulous things that's been written.

This is truly a historic opportunity for all facets of the horse-racing industry. Never before has there been a program of this kind in the United States. This academy will allow jockeys -- and eventually all those interested in the horse-racing industry -- to develop career pathways that will allow them to reach training and educational goals they never knew were possible.

In this case, you are kind of betting on what the Academy is doing, what Hollywood is thinking, what trends it is thinking about ... I don't know if you can guess at those.

Michael Chiklis

I hoped that academy voters weren't swayed by the dogma that was being thrown around. Fortunately, they weren't.

John Brooks

(Investigator) Lester Bowman and I went over to the police academy in Bristol today. I wanted to make sure we would not lose any grant money because of losing the officers, or because of problems with paperwork being behind.

Jamie Wyeth

I had been elected to the National Academy of Design in New York, and one of the requirements was that you give a portrait, a self-portrait of yourself.

Maggie Dixon

I just take it as it is. I don't let it frustrate me. I just try to work around it. With our kids, our theme is, there's certain things in life you can't control, so let's just make the best out of them. And that's kind of where I'm at right now. The academy has been around a lot longer than I have. I respect it and respect what they're all about, and I try to roll with everything that's thrown at us.

Steve Martin

If she doesn't get an Academy Award nomination, I will kill myself.

Hugh Jackman

I owe my wife a hundred bucks now, ... As an Aussie, all these things like the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards are a big part of our culture. To be here, it feels a little bit surreal.

Alex Ebert

I pay attention when the Academy Awards come around. I haven't watched them in a while, but I used to watch them religiously when I was a kid.