Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Izzo

It's a nice honor to have three players recognized. I think it speaks not only to the talent of those players but also their unselfishness to be willing to share awards with their teammates, much like the Detroit Pistons had four all-stars, but no one who started in the all-star game.

It's been described as a spine-tingling, steadily engrossing drama, with all the tension and suspense of a classic thriller. And it's won more awards than any other play in the history of the theater.

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.

That's a brilliant ploy because they can get in so much more material than just awards presentations.

Ronnie O'Sullivan

It's nice to get awards but the only awards I want are titles. They probably voted for me because I give them a story.

Paul Daniels

All awards and recognition, here and abroad, are to be cherished as recognition by your peers of what you have done in and out of magic.

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 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.

Leslie Mann

It's always fun to think about winning an award. I thought about winning awards when I was a little girl. Everybody wants to win an award for something.

Jay Kay

Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy.

Bruno Mars

In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won't make it.

Gloria Stuart

The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.

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?

Jane Krakowski

If I'm ever lucky enough to be part of an awards tribute, I hope they play 'Muffin Top' in my little clip. That's how I want to be remembered.

John Calipari

I did a better job last year than I did this year. Awards are great. Our award we're trying to get here is trying to win this tournament. I'm happy for Rodney, happy for all the players who get these awards because they've worked hard for them.

Stephen Marley

I don't take anything for granted; awards and all that go with it are very nice, and it's nice to get a positive response, but for me, it's about the music. I don't make music to win awards. I make music for the people.

I downplay (the 100th win) because for me, personal awards don't mean a whole lot. Championships are what I'm about.

Roberto Benigni

I am overjoyed and extremely grateful to receive this extraordinary honor. These awards fill my heart with happiness, knowing that people throughout Europe have been touched by our film.

I don't believe in making films for getting awards. But they are definitely important. Awards give good feelings.

I don't necessarily feel that we need to have it as a conference - I don't need a conference mug or letterhead with a conference logo. It's getting a competitive schedule, a balanced schedule, and creating some awards and recognition that all players in independent basketball should get.

I don't necessarily feel that we need to have it as a conference -- I don't need a conference mug or letterhead with a conference logo. It's getting a competitive schedule, a balanced schedule, and creating some awards and recognition that all players in independent basketball should get.

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.

Harvey Weinstein

I never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the people who work so hard and also b) it's the greatest Good Housekeeping seal in the world. It's the greatest brand. It's as good as Louis Vuitton and Dior in the world of moviemaking. It's the Super Bowl.

Jacki Weaver

I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do.

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.

Because of cable, all the awards shows have dropped in the ratings, but the popularly chosen ones have dropped even further,

Micky Dolenz

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

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.