Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's kind of fun, but at times very frustrating. I like a complicated project that can keep me awake nights. Three weeks ago, we were having a lot of scheduling troubles, but now everything seems to be on schedule.

David Taylor

It's more than just a phone selling into the marketplace. In many of these countries, we don't have very sophisticated logistics systems, obviously, and when we were awarded the tender, there were a number of criteria that were met. It wasn't just based on price -- logistics, capability of service of the phone in the marketplace.

It just happened so fast. My hand got jammed in an awkward spot. I knew as soon as it happened that it was definitely broken.

It is time that golfers become more aware and concerned. .. on the basis of how the ball is launched and not how much loft is inscribed on a club.

Sarah Hall

It's a lovely feeling, just working away at the desk, putting words down, building words up... I think you have to be aware that what you're doing is not just a private act, it's a societal thing.

Andre Agassi

It's always awkward playing somebody for the first time. Tonight I just stayed with executing my shots, stayed comfortable.

Omar Vizquel

It's always emotional. For guys who have been in the playoffs and the World Series, they know how important and awesome it is to celebrate and be in the playoffs. That's what everybody is shooting for from spring training. We had the opportunity. We just found ourselves in a big hole.

Allan Ray

It's always big when you beat the No. 1 team. It was awesome coming away with the win and seeing the crowd rush the floor.

Michael Barrett

It looks like a whole new ballpark to me. It looks different, a little awkward right now.

It looks awful good for them. I've coached there and been down there when that place is full and rocking. It's a good home court and they have good fans. It's going to be a tough one to get through.

It makes the suit easier, but we still have to prove that people at the school were aware that they (De Barraicua and the student) were too close for comfort.

Nick Garcia

It makes the other team more aware of what we have offensively. That, in turn, takes a little bit of pressure off us in the back because there is only so much we can do to hold the fort together.

It means I've had an awful lot of good kids and parents over the years. I'm very fortunate because I'm in such a good situation.

Jon Stewart

I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm.

Joyce Carol Oates

Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the attention of many potential readers who might otherwise have been totally unaware of them.

P. C. Cast

I'm going to remember this, I told myself sternly. I'm going to remember how awful they made me feel today. So when I'm scared and alone and whatever else is going to happen to me starts to happen, I'm going to remember that nothing about be as bad as being stuck here.Nothing.

Patty Hearst

For me, my awakening came when I was kidnapped.

Patty Duke

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure

Martin Amis

I am, incidentally, the only writer to have received the Somerset Maugham award twice - the first time for my first novel, the second time for my second first novel.

Questlove

I don't bask in the awards I've won, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger.

Pico Iyer

The beauty of being foreign is that it snaps you awake.

John Corigliano

I'm glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too.

Linda Fiorentino

In the end it's about the work, not an award you get for the work.

Lili Taylor

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised.

Lauren Conrad

I'm a bad dater. I'm the most socially awkward person, like carrying on conversations and stuff.

Larry Niven

The Unexpected always comes at the most awkward times.

Peter Frampton

I stopped singing and they gave me an award.

Penelope Cruz

Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.

Peter Cameron

I felt this awful obligation to be charming or at least have something to say, and the pressure of having to be charming (or merely verbal) incapacitates me.

Phoebe Tonkin

I don't know, I'm literally the most awkward, socially strange person.

Queen Latifah

Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.

Queen Latifah

I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do?

Gore Verbinski

For me, some of the happiest moments on a live-action film are the awkward moments. One actor says something to another actor. They didn't expect that performance from that actor; that affects their return performance.