Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are so proud of our Eagle Award winners and our championship teams. All of the GBA players worked extremely hard this year on their community service projects and on the court. We thank our sponsors for giving these kids a positive summer activity.

George H. W. Bush

To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.

To receive the Great 100 Award is a real honor. We are extremely proud of our nurses and the excellence they represent.

Brent Musburger

Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement.

Bruce Beutler

The nicest part of the prize, perhaps, is the effect on my friends and family. Each of them feels proud and happy to have the relationship with me that they do. In a way, it's as though they received an award too, and I like that very much.

Frederick Soddy

In the first place, the preparation of the Nobel lecture which I am to give has shown me, even more clearly than I knew before, how many others share with me, often, indeed, have anticipated me, in the discoveries for which you have awarded me the prize.

With "Batman and Robin," I was opening toy stores in Sydney, Australia. I had awards for selling more "Batman" merchandise than any human being in the world.

With ""Batman and Robin,"" I was opening toy stores in Sydney, Australia. I had awards for selling more ""Batman"" merchandise than any human being in the world.

Wei Jingsheng is a condemned criminal who is serving his sentence and, therefore, has no qualification to be awarded a Nobel prize.

We certainly hope to fill all of our nomination categories. And make an award in each of those categories.

Colin Clarke

Very pleased for him -- he had a very good season. I think all the awards were very well deserved.

Beyonce Knowles

At the Billboard Awards my skirt was so tight they had to lift me on stage.

Mariano Rivera

DHL Presents the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Year Award

Contested patent outcomes are notoriously difficult to predict. The fact that a patent is initially awarded to one party does not mean that the award cannot be contested.

Bob Taft

Contracts are awarded based on merit, based on qualifications, based on experience and performance under our administration.

Don't you see, don't you see, that the charade is over? And all the "Best Deceptions" and "Clever Cover Story" awards go to you. So kiss me hard 'cause this will be the last time that I let you.

The response to this new Emmy Award has been phenomenal.

There's some questionable ethical behavior, and for them now to be awarded a multi-million dollar contract -- that you're going to give it to them -- that's a pretty risky operation.

The Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year award recognizes teachers who often are the unsung heroes of our society and who now, more than ever, have the daunting challenge of positioning children and families to succeed.

The top two awards don't even go to the robots.

The top three bidders are here tonight to give further information about their bids and what they plan to do with the property if they are awarded the bid.

The top 20 earn awards so it was cool to have two swimmers in that.

Nicolas Cage

Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool.

Seamus Heaney

Nowadays, what an award gives is a sense of solidarity with the poetry guild, as it were: sustenance coming from the assent of your peers on the judging panel.

Seth Rogen

All my friends are talented enough to get nominated for awards. I just am always surprised when things and people I like are also liked by things like the Oscars.

Seth Rogen

I feel like if I won an award and I was giving my speech and the music started, that's all I'd remember, the humiliation I felt when the music started. It would mar the entire experience for me.

Michael Jackson

I can tell you there are rewards that go far beyond money and public acclaim and awards.

Michael Haneke

Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes or large audiences, then you get more money for your next film.

Michael Caine

I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.

Michael Cerveris

For me, awards are not what I really care about - the work is what I really care about. And, I am especially proud that I was acknowledged for doing work that I was so proud of and that meant a lot to me.

Martha Reeves

If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.

Marie Windsor

I'd say my happiest moment as an actress came when I learned I'd won the Look Magazine Best Supporting Actress Award for 1956 in The Killing.

Teri Hatcher

It is a great honor for me to be presented the award by Mikhail Gorbachev and also to be acknowledged with the World Actress Award at the Women World Awards Gala 2005.