Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy. — Billy Bob Thornton
I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've ever done. Seriously - I have a shelf of awards for being bipolar. — Carrie Fisher
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up — Nelson Mandela
This funding from the National Endowment for the Arts has been like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval. — Norm Dicks
I have been blessed to win a number of awards and be involved in numerous historical baseball moments over my 20-year career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. — Steve Garvey
If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates. — Imelda Staunton
Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz. — Maureen O'Hara
Everybody has won, and all must have prizes. — Lewis Carroll
Sure I was glad to see John Wayne win the Oscar I'm always glad to see the fat lady win the Cadillac on TV, too. — Robert Mitchum
Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward. — Denzel Washington
First prize was a week in Philadelphia. Second prize was two weeks. — W. C. Fields
I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter. — Denzel Washington
The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition. — Naguib Mahfouz
Short Award Winning Quotes
People saying that you been robbed is almost better than winning a Grammy. — Schoolboy Q
The Nobel Prize is fine, but the drugs I've developed are rewards in themselves. — Gertrude B. Elion
For me winning isn`t surprising at all — Dorian Yates
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. — John Wooden
Look at what you could have won! — Jim Bowen
I love to cook. I make an award-winning turkey chili. — Joely Fisher
I've won. Hurray! I don't have to go to school any more. — Eddy Merckx
Award Winning Image Quotes
When someone disrespects you, beware the impulse to win their respect. For disrespect is not a valuation of your worth but a signal of their character.
Prize Winning Quotes
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. — Paul the Apostle
I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards. — Nelson Mandela
I wonder what the most intelligent thing ever said was that started with the word 'dude.' 'Dude, these are isotopes.' 'Dude, we removed your kidney. You're gonna be fine.' 'Dude, I am so stoked to win this Nobel Prize. I just wanna thank Kevin, and Turtle, and all my homies.' — Demetri Martin
Every time you find some humor in a difficult situation, you win.
Satoshi Nakamoto should win the Nobel Prize. — Lex Fridman
I'm hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We laugh, eat, play games, get massages, win prizes, talk about parenting and even cry a bit. — Lisa Whelchel
There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, lies, inferiority and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth. The wolf that wins? The one you feed.
When you have some kid, who works for Twitter in the Philippines, censoring a Nobel prize winning scientist, speaking about his area of expertise, I think we've lost the plot. — Konstantin Kisin
I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for the Broadway musical I'm now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones. — Evan Hunter
I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for the Broadway musical I'm now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones. — Ed McBain
[on what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common] I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence. — Enrico Fermi
Award Quotes
If white privilege is a thing, why are people working so hard to be black? All of the award shows and cultural events favor black culture. — Milo Yiannopoulos
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. — Jesse Owens
Do not worry about tricks and cheaters. If some people are trying to trap and hurt you, Allah is also trapping them. Hole diggers will always fall in their holes. No bad remains unpunished, and no good remains without being awarded, so have faith in justice and let the rest be. — Shams Tabrizi
Every time you are able to find some humor in a difficult situation, you win.
While silly ni**as argue over who gon' snatch the crown / Look around my ni**a, white people have snatched the sound / This year I'll probably go to the awards dappered down / Watch Iggy win a Grammy as I try to crack a smile. — J. Cole
I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. — Jack Benny
Cameron Diaz was so cute at the MTV Movie Awards when she pulled her skirt up and wiped her armpits. — Pink
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all. — Bob Cousy
It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I am pleased that the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the nation, has recognized my voting record. — Joe Baca
There is no award for suffering the most, but most people equate suffering with success. — Alex Hormozi
What we do have is a system in which power tends to be awarded to people on the basis that they are corruptible. — Bret Weinstein
You get moments all the time that kind of make you pinch yourself, some of them make you quite emotional. Winning a BRIT was a big moment because we were just so excited to be at the awards in the first place. Selling out Madison Square Garden was pretty amazing too. Then we woke to the news that our UK tour was sold out. It was crazy. — Harry Styles
He's a lucky guy Cristiano, he always gets
first row tickets to see Messi win his awards. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic
It's something you dream about as a kid. Like when you play all those NCAA video games as a kid and you create your own player and win the Heisman with a bunch of crazy numbers. It's the biggest, most prestigious award in college football, so it'd definitely be a dream come true. — Johnny Manziel
I'm a business man and the reason I linked up with a major was because I understand they have that reach that I can't get no matter how hot I get in the streets. It's not always about money because I been had money. I want to be on TV and win awards. I want to be number one. You need a label to get through barriers. — Yo Gotti
Any chick that I handle, I teach ‘em patience. How not to win the award but be glad for your nomination. — Wiz Khalifa
It's something I've always wanted - to be known as an Australian. When I was younger I was always referred to as an Aboriginal tennis player. Now I think the award means that I have been recognised as an entertainer and that makes me happy... It's given me probably as big a kick as winning Wimbledon. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley
It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it. — Reese Witherspoon
I might not win a Grammy or get another Stellar Award but I'll get my rewards from the Lord. There's nothing better than that. — Trip Lee
I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy. — Lionel Messi
Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints. — Loretta Lynn
It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script. — Michael Caine
Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award. — Billy Wilder
When I think about my MVP season, I will also think about the loss to Golden State. But winning the award as Most Valuable Player of the NBA is just a huge honour. I didn't really realise how big it was until Mark Cuban had tears in his eyes at the award ceremony. — Dirk Nowitzki
Marketing is not about your agency winning awards. It's about your organization winning business. — David Meerman Scott
We have no idea, but its not like we're going to win any awards for normalcy anytime soon. So you get into people's heads? The two of us can throw people around like toys. Zu once blew up an AC unit, and all she did was walk by it. — Alexandra Bracken
The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. — Julia Child
Sometimes earning awards doesn't matter as much as earning revenue or profit, or having a good response from the audience. No matter how many awards you win, if you can't earn any profit from your movie, if the audience doesn't like it, then it doesn't matter how many awards you get. — Stephen Chow
I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I think it must have been absolutely fantastic to have worked in the 50's when you had all of the great Broadway composers and when West Side Story didn't win the Tony Award. — Andrew Lloyd Webber
If God awarded us medals, as they do in the Olympics, love would win the gold, joy the silver, and peace the bronze. — Charles R. Swindoll
I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business. — Randy Travis
Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself. — Tom Jones
Not everything's made to win an Academy Award. — Samuel L. Jackson
You are recognized by your bat. If you are the best hitting shortstop out there, that's how you win a Gold Glove. That's the way it is. It shouldn't be-it's a defensive award. — Jimmy Rollins
As a kid I watched the Academy Awards on television and always wanted one - or several - like one of my favorite directions, John Ford. He won six. On the other hand, Orson Welles, who's on the top of my list, didn't win any. Alfred Hitchcock didn't win any. Howard Hawks didn't win any. — Martin Scorsese
If you want to be a well-paid copywriter, please your client. If you want to be an award-winning copywriter, please yourself. If you want to be a great copywriter, please your reader. — Steve Hayden
You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award. — John Corigliano
If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The closest you can get is winning an Academy Award, and I'm going to work on that if it takes me the next 50 years. To my peers, it will mean that I'm the best! — Dana Hill
For a lot of filmmakers, their first goal is to be successful and make some money. But once people start doing that, the real goal is then to win an Academy Award. Because when they do, they know that their obit is going to start out, "Academy Award winner so-and-so." — Robert Osborne
I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy. — Erykah Badu
There are two things that create opportunities. One is being involved with something that makes money, and the other is winning awards. And the reason that winning the awards creates the opportunities is because it gives the people who are selling the picture the opportunity to make more money. — Kevin Bacon
People appreciating my performance is good enough for me. I don't care much for awards and have never given it much thought. And anyway, I can't play the games people play to win awards. — Manisha Koirala
This is a tremendous honor (winning the 2002 Roberto Clemente Award), to be considered in the same class as Roberto Clemente. He is a hero and role model for all of us who play the game and strive to be as good a player and person as he was. — Jim Thome
Because of the audience I get and the fact that these people aren't traditional comics buyers I don't think the comic industry looks at that and thinks that is a very respectable thing. I'm very used to it. I'm not the guy who wins awards and gets mentioned in magazines. — Jhonen Vasquez
My name is not only Archie Griffin, it's two-time Heisman trophy winner Archie Griffin. Once you win the award it's with you for the rest of your life, and I realize that and I'm proud of that. It changed my life. — Archie Griffin
What we did with Avatar, if you really look at it, we took things that are out there in the world every day, we just made them bigger, shinier. ... But all our inspiration comes from the real world. So if you really look, you can see all those things around you, and I would just encourage people to get out and look for it. — Joe Letteri
If I don't win, the award show loses credibility. — Kanye West
(Dwight Gooden) his fastball crackling , his curveball dropping as suddenly as a duck shot in the air, has begun his charge for a third straight award-winning season. — Ira Berkow
So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make $100 million at the box office, or whether you are going to be winning any awards - well, you have no control over that. — Charlize Theron
I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience. — Kevin Smith
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