Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was quite an awesome convention of people. We were there representing 13 ports in the state, but there were countries there with elaborate booths representing their nation and all their ports of call.

Georgette Heyer

How very awkward places we do choose in which to propose to one another!' remarked Mr. Beaumaris

Jessica Chastain

I’m very shy, I feel very awkward.

Ernest Hemingway

Something, or something awful or something wonderful was certain to happen on every day in this part of Africa.

Henning Mankell

I love Sherlock Holmes. There's still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in many different ways.

Gillian Flynn

Friends see most of each other’s flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit.

Harvey Weinstein

I never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the people who work so hard and also b) it's the greatest Good Housekeeping seal in the world. It's the greatest brand. It's as good as Louis Vuitton and Dior in the world of moviemaking. It's the Super Bowl.

Jacki Weaver

I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do.

James Gates Percival

How awful is that hour when con, science stings.

J. R. R. Tolkien

That was the most awkward Wednesday he ever remembered.

Elton John

But we came for the Kennedy Center Awards, which was an incredible honor. Being a British person, I was bestowed this honor. And my partner and I, David, came. And we were so pleasantly surprised by George Bush and his knowledge of AIDS. He really - he treated David and I - and Laura - treated us like - they were so friendly and so courteous.

Ellen DeGeneres

It's such an honor to receive the Mark Twain Prize. To get the same award that has been given to people like Bill Cosby, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell, it really makes me wonder… why didn't I get this sooner?

Jeff Bridges

Sometimes, you can not click with somebody, and it can feel awkward.

Jeff Bridges

The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.

Jean Renoir

The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.

Jerry Seinfeld

I do not know why anyone would host an awards show. No matter how unbelievably well you do at it, the only thing that can happen is you get asked again to host an awards show.

Jeffrey Tambor

The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else's performances.

Christopher Isherwood

Sometimes awful things have their own beauty.

Gary Zukav

Awareness is a blissful state, not a painful one.

Frank Ocean

Of course awards matter.

George C. Scott

The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.

Christina Ricci

I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places.

Christina Ricci

I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces.

Friedrich Nietzsche

And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.

Gabriel Iglesias

I'm not fat. It's just my awesomeness swelling up inside of me.

Christopher Buckley

How many times had those awful words - "I know what I'm doing" - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster?

Christopher Bailey

It's brilliant to get recognition. The CFDA was magic because it's such a big award in our industry. There's nothing more flattering than being honored by your peers.

George R. R. Martin

I'm honest. It's the world that's awful.

Francis Ford Coppola

The things you get fired for when you’re young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.

Jeremy Clarkson

I started to realise that being impolite saves an awful lot of time and costs you nothing.

Halle Berry

I've always thought that when anyone receives an award for acting they should always thank their fellow actors, because the only way you're going to deliver your best performance is when you have other good actors on the set supporting you and being very present for you even when the camera is not on them.

Holly Marie Combs

Your faith in yourself is all you will ever have. Don't let anyone take it away from you ever.

Ignatius of Loyola

Finding God in All Things.