Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jennifer Egan

It seemed impossible that a scrappy book like 'Goon Squad' could win an award like that. It's such an iconic honor. I think what the Pulitzer means to me is that I'll need to work very, very hard to try to live up to it.

It's a well-deserved award for Adam. He's a kid that's worked hard to be an all-around player. When he was younger, he had the potential to be a defensive force for us, but he came on as an offensive player too.

Jay Cutler

It says Vanderbilt is an up-and-coming program. Everything is going in the right direction. The players believe that they can win. And really this award honors the rest of the team.

Dan Wheldon

It's a challenge. Everybody believes that. Physically and mentally, it's tough. It awards you, though.

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?

I do have at home the most ridiculous number of awards for what I have done, which is nice in terms of being patted on the back, yet it does cure you of caring about what other people say about you. Ultimately, you must have your own standard of what is good enough.

College students are prophesying the future of music today. With our first ever live Woodie Awards event, the music they live their lives to takes centre stage, and the rest of the world gets to see what's about to break big.

In contrast to IIHS' findings, the U.S. government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded the Mazda MPV a rating of five-stars, the highest possible score, in both frontal and side impact tests, ... And, of course, the MPV meets or exceeds every NHTSA-required safety standard.

Individual awards do not mean anything. We won as a team. It's all about what it says on our T-shirts (pointing to the Big Ten Championship T-shirt he was wearing), team champions.

I know we have been awarded monies to buy a new plow truck. The figure is $393,000, which is a pretty good chunk of change. That's 95 percent grant funded.

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.

Justin Timberlake

Britney and I wore matching denim outfits [to the 2001 American Music Awards]. Yeah, another bad choice. I’d probably pay good money to get some of those pictures off the internet.

The Excellence Awards have been going on since the 1970s with teaching awards. We try to get people interested, and to nominate people who really deserve to be recognized.

Michael Santos

The event was never awarded to another team.

Stephen Sondheim

That's the trouble with awards for a body of work. They always come at both a good time and a wrong time. Good because they tell you what you've been doing was worth the doing and wrong because they ought to come when you're young and excited and hungry for assurance that what you're doing is worth the doing.

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.

Rebel Wilson

I do acting for the awards... and cash money.

Frank Abagnale

Remember what being an adult is: It has nothing to do with money or awards

Micky Dolenz

I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest.

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All of these guys sacrificed individual awards for what was best for the team.

All of these guys bring a different thing to the table. Our team didn't have any superstars. Everybody had to do their part. These guys got these awards by doing their part.

All the awards I won individually, I wouldn't have gotten without my team. All the work I put in was with my team.

All the awards I've gotten, I'm excited about that. When I got (the awards) I was surprised. I wasn't expecting to get all these awards.

Robert Preston

All the media have their own award presentations.

The Jefferson Awards are a way to tell readers about people who have made a difference in their lives, or the lives of others, or their communities.

James Taylor

I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die.

James McAvoy

I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas.

Emma Thompson

I've never been on the cover of Empire. I'm very bitter. I've got an award but now I feel sad and cross.

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.