Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tavi Gevinson

If I'm extremely bored and I don't have a book with me and I'm being an obnoxious teenager, I'll read 'BuzzFeed' on my phone. But even that just leaves me feeling icky because I think for some reason my comfort zone is to just not really be in the loop about stuff like awards shows or things like that.

Ira Sachs

As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.

Anil Kapoor

In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.

Amy Poehler

Being snubbed is not always a bad thing at awards shows because you end up getting a lot of people coming up to you and telling you how great you are.

Aamir Khan

Indian film awards lack credibility.

Aamir Khan

Apart from the National Film Awards, I don't see any other award ceremony that I should give value to. My personal experience about these award ceremonies is that I don't trust them. I have no faith in them so I would prefer to stay away.

You know, he's a very talented, skillful surgeon. He won awards for being the top plastic surgeon in Houston several years in a row. I?m hopeful he can get back to his life of helping other people.

Hillary Scott

Being the only girl, I feel a lot of pressure. I try not to think about it, but I definitely get in the gym a lot more frequently towards awards season. The guys always look great. They're both great looking and wear a good suit and a great tie and some awesome shoes and they're good to go. I'm like, 'I don't know what to do!'

Hillary Scott

The three of us just try put our heads down and stay creative. The awards truly are just cake. It's one of those things that you never expect, but getting the head nod from either the fans or your peers, that's the ultimate compliment.

Our awards are purely voted on by writers, so you're getting what the writers think are the best-written films of the year. Ironically, we parallel closely with the Oscars.

Conan O'Brien

People just can't go on with an awards show like nothing happened.

It is always gratifying to be able to make education happen. Awards like this one at Whatcom Community College are a fundamental part of our partnership program to improve the educational opportunities of low- and moderate-income individuals and families in the communities where U.S. Bank operates.

Robert Altman

I think these awards are wonderful. Cinema should get more international. The fine boundary lines don't really exist any more.

Last summer we received a phone call from the Department of Justice requesting medals commemorating the fallen police officers and firefighters who died trying to rescue people during the 9/11 attacks. We did that order in record time. They know they can come to us and get high quality awards in the shortest time you can expect - but sometimes physics does limit some things.

Jessica White

I was doing the 'Vogue' fashion awards when I was 16, live on VH1. I was coming down the steps, and I'm a really hard walker. I hadn't had a mistake yet in my career. Everything had been perfect. So I come down the steps on live TV, and I slip. I didn't fall, but you could see the look on my face. I was mortified. I was devastated.

Alan Light

I think when it comes down to actually, who's actually going to win on Wednesday, I think Alicia Keys will win probably three or four awards or so.

Andrew Jackson

I think this is the best way to end the senior year. The awards just keep coming. After the final game ... now it's a couple months down the road. We're still receiving awards for what we've done.

Christina Aguilera

I watched the MTV Video Music Awards every year, telling myself that one day I'm going to be there, and it's like, finally - I made it!

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Mark Richt

I am very excited about what's going to happen with D.J. Shockley, ... He is a great football player. I'm just happy for him. You know, guys can mope about the situation, or guys can decide, 'I just don't want to be here,' and take off. He didn't do that. Not only did he stay, but he thrived at Georgia. He is in great shape academically, and he has won community service awards for us. He's just a fantastic guy, a great man. He's probably the most respected player we have on the team.

But we would have traded all the awards for a chance to still be playing.

There is an awards committee that makes the decision on winners, and we look at the community in general for winners, not just members of the Chamber of Commerce.

We look forward to Joan and Melissa bringing their unique mix of glamour and humor to the CMA Awards Red Carpet as they interview Country Music's biggest stars, ... We are thrilled to have TV Guide Channel share all the excitement leading into 'Country Music's Biggest Night' with their viewers.

Geno Auriemma

I think the only time individual awards really impress upon you as a kid is when you get to share them with your teammates. What you share with your teammates is the big award, the conference championship. So if you get an individual award and the team gets nothing, you feel kind of like half-empty.

Frank Lampard

It is great to be recognised by your fellow players - the awards you really crave are from them.

Alicia Keys

The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.

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

Donald O'Connor

I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get.

Christopher Parker

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

Doris Roberts

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

Andy Kindler

Comedy Central made their own awards show. They were named best comedy channel.

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.