Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz. — Maureen O'Hara
The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same). — David Mamet
The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons. — George C. Scott
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
I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win. — Roger Ebert
He's a lucky guy Cristiano, he always gets
first row tickets to see Messi win his awards. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic
I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers. — Marlee Matlin
You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk. — Ian Mckellen
In my previous profession, when I was a producer, scriptwriter and actor, I wanted to get an Oscar, I wanted to be popular in the U.S.A. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy
What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything. — Sally Field
I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar. — Christine Lahti
If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates. — Imelda Staunton
I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia (sister Olivia de Havilland) did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it! — Joan Fontaine
Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles? — Buster Keaton
The best director is the one you don't see. — Billy Wilder
Short Oscar Quotes
No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid. — Lupita Nyong'o
I've paid our guys more than Oscar has paid his guys on his last show. — Dana White
You're only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life? — Christopher Plummer
Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
I won and I get to scream and jump a little. But I got to go back to work tomorrow. — Benicio Del Toro
This is one night I wish I smoked and drank. — Grace Kelly
The Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility. — Joe Orton
I never won an Oscar...and the Oscars never won Irene Papas. — Irene Papas
[Boycott Oscar] is like crying about not having enough icing on your cake. It's just ridiculous. — Ice Cube
As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception. — Paul Haggis
Oscar Image Quotes
Wilde Oscar Quotes
Oscar Wilde said that some things are too important to be taken seriously. Art is one of those things. Setting the bar low, especially to get started, frees you to play, explore, and test without attachment to results. — Rick Rubin
'He's the most charming man. He's the Oscar Wilde of our time. I only had one moment with him in that film and it's a great source of regret. I love spending time with him. He's always very open and effusive. His interest in you is genuine.' — Russell Crowe
I think Oscar Wilde wrote a poem about a robin who loved a white rose. He loved it so much that he pierced his breast and let his heart's blood turn the white rose red. Maybe this sounds very sentimental, but for anybody who has loved a career as much as I've loved mine, there can be no short cuts. — Mary Pickford
You know what Oscar Wilde said, ma'am? He said, "nothing that is worth knowing can be taught". Nothing personal, ma'am... Carry on. — Charles M. Schulz
A practical scheme, says Oscar Wilde, is either one already in existence, or a scheme that could be carried out under the existing conditions; but it is exactly the existing conditions that one objects to, and any scheme that could accept these conditions is wrong and foolish. — Emma Goldman
As happens with people who love a thing too much, it destroys them. Oscar Wilde said, 'You destroy the thing that you love.' It's the other way around. What you love destroys you. — George Plimpton
Actually, I do like pink clothes, but it's not because I'm girly, it's because I'm the reincarnation of Oscar Wilde. — Mara Wilson
As Oscar Wilde should have said, when bad ideas have nowhere else to go, they emigrate to America and become university courses. — Frederic Raphael
Reported as Oscar Wilde's last words on his death bed... This wallpaper is killing me. One of us has to go. — Oscar Wilde
Inspirational Ocean Quotes
All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop. — Kabir
Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away. — Sarah Kay
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul. — Robert Wyland
In shallow men the fish of little thoughts cause much commotion. In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle. — Sri Yukteswar Giri
Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God. — Leonard Ravenhill
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It's always our self we find in the sea. — E. E. cummings
The ocean humbles you. You can go and win a world title, but you're never going to beat the ocean. — Stephanie Gilmore
Don't cross oceans for people who wouldn't cross a puddle for you. — Unknown Author
If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land. If my love were a desert, you would see only sand. If my love were a star- late at night, only light. And if my love could grow wings, I'd be soaring in flight. — Jay Asher
Academy Awards Quotes
Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, 'Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding.' — Robin Williams
White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that. — Paul Mooney
I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage please pass the same message along. — Graham Moore
Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it's known at my house, Passover. — Bob Hope
There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can. — Clint Eastwood
'Groundhog Day' was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn't even get nominated for an Academy Award. — Bill Murray
The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast; I can't remember what I said or what happened. — Cuba Gooding, Jr.
When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on... Her, again?' You know. But, whatever. — Meryl Streep
The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest. — Dustin Hoffman
I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk. — John Ford
And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: 'What is that doing there?' — Javier Bardem
I get offered varied parts, often super sexy roles. But I still think it's an issue to find the good scripts. It's a myth that you win an Oscar and you get more opportunities, and this doesn't just go for me. — Halle Berry
Hollywood has its Oscars. Television has its Emmys. Broadway has its Tonys. And advertising has its Clios. And its Andys, Addys, Effies and Obies. And 117 other assorted awards. And those are just the big ones. — Joanne Lipman
To every woman who gave birth, to every citizen and taxpayer, it's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women of the United States of America! — Patricia Arquette
When I joined the trio, it was as if I was capable of driving a sports car at 60, but Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson just kept pressing the pedal down, and I was trying to control the car at 80! — Barney Kessel
I meditated before I hosted the Oscars, I meditate before I go on stage, I meditate in the morning and lunchtime when I'm on a film set. — Hugh Jackman
As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate. — Gordon Ramsay
When A R Rahman won the Oscars, I had a dream of being able to congratulate him in person. This dream is now a reality thanks to Airtel digital TV. This day will forever remain truly unforgettable. — Mohammed Rafi
In the 1998 Oscars, I found myself in the bathroom in a stall, next to Tom Selleck. So I leaned over and I said ‘looks like we’re a couple of peeing Toms.’ His angry silence is something I’ll never forget. — Tom Hanks
I've heard it said that winning an Oscar means you live five years longer. If that's true I want to thank the academy because my husband is younger than me. — Julianne Moore
I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an albino African frog named Whitey, a bonsai tree, four Venus flytraps, a fruit fly farm and sea monkeys. — Chris Pratt
If I'm feeling down in the dumps, or like I need a pop of colour, I'll put on MAC's Lipstick in Lady Danger. I discovered red lipstick when I did the Oscar season: Chanel sent me one and I realised how classic and glamorous it can be. — Chloe Sevigny
I live in Spain. Oscars are something that are on TV Sunday night. Basically, very late at night. You don't watch, you just read the news after who won or who lost. — Javier Bardem
I'm fully aware that I am a lucky, lucky man. This Oscar belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS. It belongs to one exceptional family, and I will be it's custodian and I promise you that I will polish him, and wait on him hand and foot. — Eddie Redmayne
Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference. — Faye Dunaway
The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself. — Roberto Benigni
I got brown sandwiches and green sandwiches. Its either very new cheese or very old meat. - Oscar Madison, from The Odd Couple — Neil Simon
Hollywood's racist. Hollywood is sorority racist. It's like - we like you, Rhonda, but you're not a Kappa. — Chris Rock
Asking me what I think of Oscar (Hammerstein) is like asking me what I think of the Yankees, Man o' War and Strawberry Sundaes. — Billy Rose
It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's. — Lupita Nyong'o
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