Academy Quotes · Page 9

It seems to me that the Swedish Academy of Science may be qualifying for the Nobel Peace Prize. It recognises no nationality;…

— Charles Glover Barkla

When you leave school and go into an academy, you understand its about what you contribute to the team. What stuck with…

— Emile Heskey

I don't know if I could [do a TV show]. I would if it had nothing to do with the comic. It…

— Gerard Way

I've heard it said that winning an Oscar means you live five years longer. If that's true I want to thank the…

— Julianne Moore

Unlike physics, economists don't settle things. There seems to be plenty of room for different conclusions that are still accepted in the…

— Adam Davidson

I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which was in Carnegie Hall, which itself was exciting - just to walk…

— Gena Rowlands

I run an academy in Spain for young footballers who are released by their clubs and who, in my opinion, deserve a…

— Glenn Hoddle

When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind…

— Seamus Heaney

I mean, people who watch Jon Stewart's show every night don't think he went far enough, because he couldn't do what he…

— Bruce Vilanch

I should say, a piece of advice that was given to me very early on by the principle of RADA (Royal Academy…

— Ralph Fiennes

“above all else, they had to learn to win. Instilling a fiercely competitive, winning spirit into a team, an academy already blessed…

— Guillem Balague

“Well he didn't treat my mother very well. He did some horrible things." "Like..." I hesitated. "Blood-whore things?" "Like beating-her-up kinds of…

— Richelle Mead

My mother always, always, always thought that I was going to be famous. Thought that I was going to win Oscars. In…

— Kevin Spacey

I wasn't the best in my class at the Royal Academy. There was a really good soprano and baritone who were technically…

— Katherine Jenkins

My family didn't have time for me, so I decided to join the Suvorov military academy, which is in St. Petersburg. I…

— Roman Romanenko

Professionally speaking, the proudest moment was when I booked the 'Human Stain.' I knew it had Nicole Kidman, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris…

— Wentworth Miller

I never made a career decision based solely on my desire to be an astronaut. I attended the Naval Academy because I…

— John L. Phillips

I remember when I first won the Academy Award and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award…

— Joanne Woodward

I think it is time Pakistan has a cricket academy. In fact, they are thinking of having one; the sooner they have…

— Wasim Akram

The Academy Awards are passed out on Sunday. It's voted by members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Or…

— David Letterman

I decided to take a stab at acting. I entered the American Academy of Dramatic Art, where one teacher told me I'd…

— Fred Gwynne

I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV…

— Steven Wright

According to the National Academy of Sciences, our current immigration system costs America's taxpayers many billions of dollars a year.

— Donald Trump

You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never…

— Cher

You can have the nicest academy in the world, it doesn't make any difference, it's all about the people. Our job is…

— Patrick Mouratoglou

I enjoyed Ready For This, which was created by the people behind Dance Academy and Redfern Now, and really it's what you'd…

— Justine Larbalestier

To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school…

— Don Rickles

My mother and father met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was a senior and she was a junior, and…

— Michael Douglas

We live in a society of laws. Why do you think I took you to all those Police Academy movies? For fun?…

— Homer

It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for…

— Adrien Brody

I am thankful to whatever I have got in my life, but one thing which is always at the back of my…

— Madhuri Dixit

When I was at high school, I thought it'd be nice to go into Air Force Academy and fly jets, but that…

— Emily Robison

Why do I feel like I can't trust you anymore?' I wanted him to lash out. I wanted him to fight, to…

— Ally Carter

The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black…

— Suzanne Fields

Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm…

— Thomas Haden Church

There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form…

— Gene Kelly

The important thing is to think about theory in life in that way. And I think we don't have to be theorists,…

— Judith Butler

Many feminists in the academy and in the major women's groups are knocking down open doors. It's 2016, not 1950. But you…

— Christina Hoff Sommers

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just…

— Clint Eastwood

At my academy, I have a full 20x20 canvas but I don't have any ropes around it and do that for a…

— Tony Ferguson