Award Quotes

Award Quote of the day

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.

If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates.

I don't do social events, I don't do award ceremonies, I don't do charity dinners. I live my life off-radar.

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.

Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.

The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.

In the end it's about the work, not an award you get for the work.

people see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it's great. an Academy Award means that you don't stink quite as much as your cousin.

I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas.

Wearing a tuxedo isn't as simple as it sounds. I've been to a lot of award shows in Hollywood over the years and have seen some pretty sad tuxes. It's surprisingly easy to go off the rails.

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

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

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.

Now is History as fast as the mind remembers.

I like to dress up and look nice. I'm not quite at the stage yet financially to do that too often, but it's nice to push the boat out a little bit for award ceremonies and stuff.

People who run away from challenges are cowards and no coward deserves a reward.

Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none.

CONGRATULATIONS DL Havlin! Your entry, "There are No Lights in Naples", an unpublished short fiction - flash fiction genre category, is a finalist for the 2016 Royal Palm Literary Awards competition!

An 'Employee of the Month' is a titled given to someone who best helped someone else actualize their dream—in that particular month.

There will always be road construction in life, and never a point when all the highways are fixed. Keep walking.

It is something to have gazed on the constellated white, felt it running from the eyes and the pores: the salt of love. It is something to have whispered wild thank-yous in the only ways we know how.

I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?

I don't need an award to inspire me to keep making music.

There is no shortcut for hard work that leads to effectiveness. You must stay disciplined because most of the work is behind the scenes.

France, stop throwing awards at me! I have so many already, give them to people who need them.

How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow5 don't let people tell you it cant be done6 make no excuses

It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.

Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying

As a rule of thumb, it was always safer if the Commander-in-Chief formulated a risky plan.

Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.

Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.

​It's Hard, Not to Fail, but, there is Always a Chance of Success. Of course, there is No Chance of Success, if You didn't Try.

We have potential. Who needs medals? I'd rather have potential than medals any day.

Don't hang out with people who are:UngratefulUnhelpfulUnrulyUnkindlyUnlovingUnambitiousUnmotivatedor make you feel...Uncomfortable

[When asked about Writing Conferences]"You meet people that will change your life.

Be willing to give, but only when you aren't expecting anything in return.

We are all actors, set on the stage of the world, as the curtains open we put on our best performance to this audience of life.

You have to choose whether to go to a restless sleep or to stay awake and fight for a blissful night rest.

Enroll your body, soul and spirit and engage your time to do what you know best. Dedicate yourself to the work at hand and you will be rewarded by the fruits you will bear!

Embrace who you are and your divine purpose. Identify the barriers in your life, and develop discipline, courage and the strength to permanently move beyond them, and keep moving forward.

Be careful what you say...you might end up in my next book!