Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francis Ford Coppola

The things you get fired for when you’re young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.

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.

Will Shortz

I can't wait for the award ceremony where Ken is going to give himself an award. We'll see if this is the start of 75 consecutive victories.

I don't think the bitterest enemy of the Perrier Award could deny that it has spotted some real talent.

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'd say there are some 200 to 300 stations broadcasting in that format nationwide. It's an award recipients receive by a vote of their peers.

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

I'd rather not get it - the hoodoo on the award means the winner usually loses their next match.

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.

Jerry Seinfeld

I do not know why anyone would host an awards show. No matter how unbelievably well you do at it, the only thing that can happen is you get asked again to host an awards show.

Employers recognize that the value in tying awards to performance, as opposed to the holidays, better connects employees to the company's goals and objectives, eliminates 'entitlement' issues, and leads to increased productivity and improved business results.

Each year our innovation awards honor our top suppliers for their forward thinking, responsiveness and product development that best serve our customers.

Each year Internet Telephony magazine bestows its Product of the Year awards on companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements.

Green Day

Drums started to be the only thing I was excited about. School sucked.I was a bad student--too rambunctious, and I never paid attention. But bands were cool. I was totally into being in a band. I liked how bands looked at the awards shows, like the Grammy's, in their little sparkle suits. When you're a little kid, that looks pretty rockin' impressive.

During the past 20 years, the program's long line of prominent award recipients represents American ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit. Ernst & Young is proud to recognize some of the nation's finest business thinkers for their remarkable leadership and successful accomplishments.

Matt Taylor

Following in the footsteps of my mentor and Stunts Unlimited colleague Greg Barnett (2004 'Outstanding Stunt Coordination' Emmy Award winner for '24') was no easy task, ... On '24,' I was fortunate to have been surrounded by gifted actors who were also outstanding athletes. I try and do the very best job I can no matter what show I'm on. I'm humbled and honored to share this award with my brother and the team from Stunts Unlimited that devoted themselves tirelessly to making '24' the great success that it continues to be.

As the race evolved, we wanted to highlight all the great miles of trails in Durango. As more and more people came to us and said, 'Hey, we want to do both races,' we decided to create the special awards and went so far as to change the name of the race. We're really marketing the double this year.

We are very pleased to present this year's award to Mr. Iwai. His leadership models important traits that have brought Konica Minolta to its present position of strength: the courage to make the right decisions, even when they are difficult; unwavering focus on innovation; and emphasis on a healthy corporate culture. Though not every company can have its own Track & Field Team, Mr. Iwai's leadership provides an example for other executives - whatever the industry - to emulate for their great benefit. I3A is privileged to present our 2006 award to Mr. Iwai.

Nicholas Lemann

We are very pleased to be the new stewards of the John Chancellor Award for Outstanding Achievements in Journalism, which provides richly-deserved recognition and reward to a journalist who has consistently produced the highest quality reporting, day in and day out, without compromise. We are also grateful to Mr. Lipman for his generosity in funding the Chancellor Scholarships so the Journalism School can nurture and educate talented newcomers with fire in their bellies to enter this field.

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, earning both a lifesaving award and the Secretary of State's Medal of Honor during that time. We like to think that Macoupin County is safe from the problems of the big city, but unfortunately, violent crimes and methamphetamine production are on the rise in rural areas. My experience working in St. Clair and Madison counties will better able me to confront methamphetamine production and violent crime head-on while still understanding the rural needs of Macoupin County.

John Hume

I see this award as a very powerful endorsement of the peace process ... because it underlines massive international goodwill towards it.

Suresh Raina

I sing really well, my friends say. I don't like my voice, but I sang on stage during the Sahara awards a few years ago, so I don't mind singing.

Boris Diaw

I've been improving in a lot of different areas. That's why I'm happy to get this award right now because the only thing that scares me in basketball is to stop improving, stop getting better. I always want to get better. Because I'm a versatile player, I have to work on all parts of my game.

John Wilson

They are a logical counterpoint to the endless sea of self-congratulations ... We take ourselves a little less seriously than the others awards groups. We're basically here to poke fun of everyone else. It's not so much a slap in the face as a banana peel on the floor.

The wins are nice, coach-of-the-year awards are nice, the hall of fame is nice. But the award of coaching is when you get a wedding invitation from a former player, or when they stop in and talk to you after they've graduated. That's the ultimate, when you know you've had a positive impact on their lives.

The winner of the Citizen of the Year Award has touched so many lives. It is a person who is truly committed to the community and has done a lot for the love of the community.

They all did really well. It's the first time any South swimmers have been on the podium to receive awards so that's very exciting for us.

Andy Williams

The Yahoo Search Finds of the Year awards celebrates the huge diversity on the web and we've found some of the most informative, unusual, clever or bizarre websites out there.

The Woman of the Year Awards remind us of the value of gender diversity in the Hispanic economy, and this year's honorees are a real tribute to the achievements of Hispanic women throughout the United States.

Angela Jones

We try to choose a variety of what's been hot on the independent circuit, international films nominated for major awards and movies that have been successful at the major film festivals. A lot of times around here, we don't get to see these films. It's usually the mainstream blockbusters that fill the theaters. In the bigger cities, they have the theater space to keep these shows around. We're really the only outlet to see these types of films locally.

Mena Grabowski Trott

When I started my blog, it was really this one goal - I said, 'I am not going to be famous to the world, but I could be famous to people on the Internet.' And I set a goal. I said, 'I'm going to win an award,' because I had never won an award in my entire life.

We felt he had a legitimate shot of getting on the awards stand, but there was nothing we could do with his condition.