Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike and I were similar in a lot of ways. We were happier about winning than Helms Scholar-Athlete award than getting All-City.

Michael Vaughan's side has enjoyed considerable success on the field during the voting period and this award shows they have done so by upholding the traditional values of the game,

Jeff Daniels

You know, I live in Michigan, ... I've worked with a lot of guys who make a lot more money than I do and have won awards and all that. I don't brood about it, but it's there, and everybody wishes they were recognized more, appreciated more. So I just kind of took that, poured gasoline on it and lit it. Then I had (Bernard). Then he was there.

We're not at all embarrassed to be the second-best team in the country. The second-place awards were in our locker room, and I told our players they might feel like they don't want them now, but when they're old and gray, they'll be very proud they were the second-best team in the country.

Scott Skiles

We're waiting to award him the game ball when he does (take one).

James Johnson

We hope these awards will help these young adults succeed in the future.

With all the awards she was given, she never put one on the wall. They're all under the bed. She said that she didn't need that; she knew what she'd done.

We?re delighted to be recognized for our work on this exciting facility. This award serves as recognition of Black & Veatch?s global leadership in helping utilities produce safe, ample drinking water for their customers, while sustaining and protecting the environment.

We're dealing with cases that could be very consequential. We're dealing with statutes that provide for massive financial awards for damages.

Natalie Maines

We finally got on the front row of an awards show,

We didn't even realize such an award existed. It's nice to be recognized by the governor himself. We're a small group, but we did a pretty important job, we think.

Robert Altman

No filmmaker has gotten a better shake than I have. By that calculation, you may be giving this award too early. Because I think I've got about 40 years left and I intend to use them.

Nothing but the podium. There's no awards for fourth.

Terry Wogan

People who are successful should never forget that it's 90 per cent luck. You've got to be an eejit to be an egomaniac. I had my glory years - 'Blankety Blank,' the talk show, when I was winning every award going.

Election victories increasingly depend on factors other than who votes, or tries to vote, and for whom. In 2000, the presidency was awarded by the Supreme Court, pre-empting the count of thousands of Florida votes.

We have a lot of applications going in, awards going in. It ain't perfect but we are encouraging people to get back on track, ... We're determined.

We have written our central leadership to make a final decision because we have a tie on the conflict, but we have made it clear that the seat belongs to the JUP-N and awarding it to the JUI-F would be in violation of the understanding that a seat initially awarded to a party would continue to be given to its candidates.

Scott Rudin

Those critics awards come and go every year, but the finished movie is your work.

To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and through his writings did so much to open up our modern world of sensibility and thought is indeed a most signal honour.

Steven Gerrard

To go through to another final and win this special award in the same weekend is fantastic for me.

I said, 'Did you have a contest to come with the stupidest name in the world and then award yourself the blue ribbon?'

Over the past 36 years, Doris and Don Fisher have cultivated a spirit of volunteerism and social responsibility that's still very much a part of our company's culture today, ... I'm pleased to award Sarah and Sal with this award. Their passion and dedication to their communities demonstrate the difference one person can make.

That award just shows you how hard this team worked this year.

NASSCO has hired and trained hundreds of employees to build this class of ships, and this award will provide sustained employment for approximately 1,000 skilled NASSCO employees through 2009.

The fact that he is the only three-time winner of the award is a testament to the consistency, commitment and dedication he has displayed throughout his career.

The fact she was awarded an emotional award is huge. It may not sound like a lot of money to a lot of people, but it is significant for Iowa. It may be significant enough that it may turn the tide on how the courts look at these cases.

What we've been seeing throughout awards season is very minimal jewelry.

Doris Roberts

My awards are lovely. I love to show them of.

David Fincher

Awards movies are normally sort of... life-affirming and noble. It's probably too much of an intellectual conceit and, you know, people don't like it when you don't lead the bad guy off in cuffs.

Davy Jones

I don't need any more awards.

Alfonso Cuaron

Y Tu Mama Tambien' is one of the first unrated movies to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. But many video stores won't take a movie that's not rated, so I had to make the movie an R.

Angela Carter

It may be the first in what I trust will be a rapidly growing and influential genre--the novel designed on purpose to be excludedfrom the Booker short-list.

Christopher Parker

It's not just about filming, you go to awards and interviews too. I enjoy all of it, even learning my lines!