Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jacques Rogge

In recognition of your outstanding merits in the course of world sport and your faithfulness to the Olympic ideal ... I award you with the Olympic Order,

In one part of our machine, we used 100 steps just to play the Purdue fight song because we basically created a fully working mechanical player piano. To win the competition is great, but it means so much also to win the People's Choice award because that means we entertained people, too.

Brian Jones

I just tried to keep from not turning the ball over and in getting the ball to our playmakers. I don't care about all of the other accolades. Not winning any awards took the pressure off of me. I just wanted to do my part to win this for the guys.

Clear Channel Radio has made strides in implementing new initiatives this year that are improving the listening experience, and these Marconi Radio Award winners exemplify the company's commitment to delivering first-rate entertainment. We are extremely proud of these individuals and thank them for their dedication and excellence.

His experiences in having led other organizations toward national awards proved to be invaluable in our own march toward the Baldrige.

Pamela Anderson

Canadian music rocks. No matter where I am in the world I can listen to Canadian music and feel like I'm at home. This is going to be one kick-ass awards show.

Mark Richt

I am very excited about what's going to happen with D.J. Shockley, ... He is a great football player. I'm just happy for him. You know, guys can mope about the situation, or guys can decide, 'I just don't want to be here,' and take off. He didn't do that. Not only did he stay, but he thrived at Georgia. He is in great shape academically, and he has won community service awards for us. He's just a fantastic guy, a great man. He's probably the most respected player we have on the team.

But we would have traded all the awards for a chance to still be playing.

Emmitt Smith

This Hall of Fame came a whole lot quicker than the other one. No waiting period. That was a a nice award to get. I'm very pleased with it.

Neil Gaiman

Also, I've already won all the awards.

Nick Cannon

It's blasphemous, don't get distracted by these lottery tickets and statues It's just fake gold and plastic We crying for votes but how many of us is on the board Better yet, when's the last time you showed up and supported the NAACP Awards?

Seth Rogen

All my friends are talented enough to get nominated for awards. I just am always surprised when things and people I like are also liked by things like the Oscars.

Seth Rogen

I feel like if I won an award and I was giving my speech and the music started, that's all I'd remember, the humiliation I felt when the music started. It would mar the entire experience for me.

Mercedes Ruehl

I find there's almost no place to put an award that one's quite comfortable with.

Mercedes McCambridge

At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.

Laurieann Gibson

'The Dance Scene' is just a real look at what it takes. You see the award shows. You see the videos and you never realize what goes on behind the scenes. The reality and the preparation. The motivation I have to give each dancer on that set.

Jake Bugg

I dont need an award to inspire me to keep making music.

Patricia Clarkson

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

Paula Cole

I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me.

Martin Scorsese

I accept all awards. I like them.

Lauryn Hill

The honor to me has less to do with the award. To me that translates in the relationship that I have with the audience, and if my music is helpful to them, that's the award.

Johnny Vegas

You don't want to be flattered and become big-headed by getting awards. But, well, I am.

Nicolas Cage

Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool.

The highlights from the past have been our always entertaining and educational keynote speakers which have included Scout Cloud Lee from (CBS') Survivor and the Office of Gay and Lesbian Programs Banquet and Awards ceremony. This year, in my opinion, will be our biggest and best Pride Week events thus far.

Jack Kilby

The groups that have awarded them are all a little different. It's a little hard to single out any one for that, but I think the dedication of this building would have to go toward the top of the list.

Louis Sachar

The greatest award is doing something you're proud of.

The great thing about the fall semester coming up is that we are going to award a minimum of 100 new scholarships to students." ()

Jack Warner

You were very good playing a bitch-heroine, but you shouldn't win an award for playing yourself.

All you ever hear about are cases where juries award $3 million, (but) those are very few and far between. I have been involved in this for over 20 years, and juries are very difficult to persuade to do anything other than what the evidence shows. They are not in the back room looking to give people a blank check.

These Good Neighbor Award winners are an inspiration, not only to the 1 million plus members of the National Association of Realtors(r), but also to everyone who cares about helping others. They demonstrate what an enormous impact one person can have to make a difference in the world.

Marlee Matlin

When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.

A number of the Andalusia Leisure staff was awarded at the banquet, they represented the City of Andalusia very well. That shows that the City of Andalusia has a lot of professional and well skilled workers.

Rafael Benitez

Any medals and awards our players might receive for last season are fully merited, because they all did a fantastic job.