Famous Quotes & Sayings

Prince Charles

These remarkable awards remind us of the compassion, decency and courage which still exists in every corner of the land.

The shelter was awarded some money that will help the homeless population in other ways. The impact of our decrease in income may not be as drastic as we first thought.

Emily Murphy

These cutoff dates provide a reasonable period for making awards by the end of the fiscal year,

...the State has left little choice, and this petition is consistent with the rules of the federal courts regarding award of attorney's fees to prevailing parties.

Najib Razak

The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The spirit of competition award today has to go to Holly. For a freshman to come into this meet with limited cross country experience ... and place 10th in a time of under 17 minutes is just outstanding.

Ramon Magsaysay

Atty. Yorac received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2004 for her unyielding determination to recover $684 million ill-gotten wealth for the government, after 17 years of complex and intense litigation,

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.

Emmitt Smith

This Hall of Fame came a whole lot quicker than the other one. No waiting period. That was a a nice award to get. I'm very pleased with it.

Joe Jonas

A lot of people look back ten years ago and go, 'Why was I wearing that?' I look back a year ago and say the same thing. The craziest outfit I ever wore was this white suit that I wore to an awards show in L.A. that I teamed with yellow shoes. It was interesting. It popped.

This is exactly what the proposed Act is meant to redress, ... People, and the organizations they created, who claim military awards and medals that they have not earned and have not been awarded should be punished and execrated by society.

This is the first distinguished award for our team, which is pretty exciting.

Robert Thompson

This is one of Ellen DeGeneres' specialties. When you do an Emmy awards after a crisis like this, you need to fulfill the purpose of the awards show and yet not seem too self-important. She seems to be very good at it.

John Hume

This isn't just an award to David Trimble and myself. It's an award to all the people of Northern Ireland and to all the parties that have participated in the peace process and to both governments.

Pharrell Williams

This is the first award we've ever won so it will probably be the most memorable one. I can't believe that you guys chose us over other brilliant producers.

This is pretty exciting for me. John Jay won this award four years straight before we lost it last year. It feels great to bring it back to Jay.

This is our second time winning the award in three years. We're the only repeat winner in all the schools of all three sections.

The way we proposed the award to the provost is that they would get money and that's not been determined by the provost yet.

This is the second year of the ICC Awards after a very successful introduction in London last year,

This is the most-watched awards show on television. Anything can happen on live TV and we're betting on it!

Any time after the award is announced, the community can begin their activity.

As a professional services contract it does not have to be competitively bid, which was the primary question people had in their mind. Do we have to bid this out, or can this contract be awarded to this company?

Flip Saunders

They might as well take the defensive player of the year award and send it to Ben. He's been on a mission in the last three weeks, and when you look at all of the things he's doing - rebounding, blocking shots and making steals - he's phenomenal.

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.

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?

Jeffrey Tambor

The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else's performances.

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.

Christopher Bailey

It's brilliant to get recognition. The CFDA was magic because it's such a big award in our industry. There's nothing more flattering than being honored by your peers.

Jeff Bridges

The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.

Halle Berry

I've always thought that when anyone receives an award for acting they should always thank their fellow actors, because the only way you're going to deliver your best performance is when you have other good actors on the set supporting you and being very present for you even when the camera is not on them.

Iain Banks

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!