Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought.

Selena Gomez

I don't actually like dates. I get awkward as I never know what to do.

Shreya Ghoshal

Titles or awards are not the mark of your success. They are the beginning of a life-long sadhana.

Shelley Duvall

I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend.

Lee Pace

I was that 'awkward-didn't-understand-his body-kind of-uncomfortable teen.'

Lawrence Block

I don't plan an awful lot in life just as I don't plan an awful lot in my fiction.

Neil Simon

People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes?

Suzanne Collins

It's ideal really. They will come up with a plan. No one will like it. Everyone will feel they have been treated unfairly, but will be happy that their neighbors feel the same. And that is the nature of compromise. Now let's go eat an awful lot.

Taylor Lautner

I get nervous before everything - dates, filming, awards shows.

Stephenie Meyer

It makes me . . . anxious . . . to be away from you.

Stephenie Meyer

Nudity was an inconvenient but unavoidable part of pack life. We'�d all thought nothing of it before Leah came along. Then it got awkward. - Jacob Black

Marcia Cross

I really romanticized being pregnant. Then I realized, this is awful!

Marc Jacobs

I love the gym, but I still want to look a bit awkward at it. I don't want to look too on top of it, you know?

Sharon Jones

The only thing I wanted to accomplish was to finally get recognized by the music industry. If you know the awards, answer me this question: Do you see an award for soul music? No. They have R&B, funk, hip-hop and all sorts of contemporary things.

Neil Patrick Harris

Thankfully, the meat of the Tony telecast is the performances from the shows, so the awards show kind of creates itself around the season, and then I fill in based on the vibe of the season in general. I'm happy that there'll be so many legitimately good performances on the show.

Taylor Swift

My level of awkward makes everyone else feel normal

Tony Randall

Awards are only a publicity gimmick.

Tony Randall

You mustn't take any award so seriously.

Rick Baker

I'm amazed that movies ever get finished at all - much less come out good once in a while. It's an awful lot of work and it can go wrong a thousand different ways.

Tim Roth

I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions.

Tika Sumpter

[Director Richard Tanne] was inspired by their [Barack and Michelle Obama] flirtation, and their connection. That's not normal with politicians who are married - they usually look forced or awkward.

Tom Felton

In England we are sort of very awkward.

Steve Lacy

When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now.

Stephen Dorff

I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny.

Thomas Merton

Zen insight is not our awareness, but Being's awareness of itself in us.

Thomas Carlyle

A heavenly awe overshadowed and encompassed, as it still ought, and must, all earthly business whatsoever.

Tony Kushner

I tend to be sort of quiet and shy and awkward in social situations.

Tom Waits

Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting.

Steven Spielberg

I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.

Shirley Knight

Hollywood -- that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

Shirley Temple

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

Shahrukh Khan

I've won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I'm hungry for awards.

Shahrukh Khan

Awards that ignore me are losers.