Famous Quotes & Sayings

The volunteer of the year is more of an in-house honor where we recognize the person who has helped the chamber with their program of work throughout the year. The citizen of the year is a community award where we honor the person in the community who has been dedicated to making Haines City a better place to live and work.

They judged the cars by the people's vote and they gave awards for the best paint, best upholstery, the best motor compartment, the best in show and so many others. Each show there was a certain number of awards that I would have been eligible for and then after each show you got a certain number of points for each award and they would keep a total of the points you would get throughout the season. The car with the most points was the champion car.

Matt Bowen

It was great just to come down to the Deadlys, and to walk away with two awards is a bonus.

They won't win any awards for 'War,' but as long as they're bringing in younger viewers, it's a success.

Dave Lewis

It's going to be difficult for whomever because it's so late. But if they do award a contract and the promoter can make it through this year, then they can charge hard next year. They've got five years to make a good show.

It's a very generous award by New Hampshire standards.

It's a very effective and cost-efficient way to bring Crash to the people who need to see it. The most important part of the awards process is the movie itself.

It's great to receive a songwriting award in front of other songwriters,

It's quite an honor to win an award that gives recognition to the student-athlete. Obviously, it's what Division III is a lot about.

For a jury to award half a million dollars for emotional distress means they evaluated the evidence as reflecting severe and serious harassment and discrimination.

Stephen Gillers

For a court to award that kind of money, the court has to find an utter lack of basis

Frank Shorter

For a moment in time on September 9, 1972 I was the luckiest person in the world. I was standing on the awards podium, inside the track and field stadium at the Olympic Games in Munich Germany, gazing through a blur of mild shock and tears, trying to focus on the American flag.

The number of entries for our 2005 Printing Excellence Awards competition was the highest it has been in over five years and the quality of the work entered was incredible. 2005 award winners should be very proud.

It's not too late to start. We're sort of having a second wave right now. We have award season starting, so there's plenty of fashion to be had. We started in September and we have people playing from all kinds of countries. I think we have about 4,500 people playing now. It's a great excuse for everybody to throw a viewing party.

It's the most suspenseful Oscars I ever recall. There are more cliffhangers at the year's awards than I think we've seen in modern history.

It's the most suspenseful Oscars I ever recall, ... There are more cliffhangers at the year's awards than I think we've seen in modern history.

Jeff Anderson

It's the highest award you can receive in the council. Basically Dave is very deserving of the award for his dedication to the program, and he really enjoys working with the boys.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

John Lithgow

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

John Bardeen

The Nobel awards should be regarded as giving recognition to this general scientific progress as well as to the individuals involved.

John Bardeen

My earlier award was also based on a close collaborative effort.