Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

John Pople

I am delighted to have had students, friends and colleagues in so many nations and to have learned so much of what I know from them. This Nobel Award honours them all.

Robert Henri

The reason for the survival of the award system is purely commercial.

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.

William Gilmore Simms

Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly to award - these are the true aims and duties of criticism.

Yoko Ono

Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it - but they sort of just follow what they were doing. Repeat or follow what they were doing all their lives, in their style of music or whatever. In my case, I always try to start from scratch. It's very nerve-wracking actually, but it's interesting.

Wynonna Judd

I used to only worry about the #1's and all of the awards. But that was a long time ago.