Nominations Quotes · Page 3

The nomination of John McCain is another milestone. So whether black, women, or bald, yes we can.

— Donna Brazile

I went from everyone saying, "She-can't-act-she-can't-act-she-can't-act," to an Oscar nomination. So there was something quite sublime about that!

— Keira Knightley

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.

— Billy Bob Thornton

The Northeast is being hit with a major snowstorm. Forecasters said they've haven't seen a whiteout like this since last week's Oscar…

— Conan O'Brien

I was aware that my nomination was drawing a lot of attention, particularly in the Latino world, not just in Puerto Rico.…

— Sonia Sotomayor

The man [Donald Trump] seems to out-trump himself - no pun intended - every time he speaks in his bid to win…

— Corri Wilson

Democrats would use every tool in our arsenal to ensure that his [Charles Pickering] nomination is rejected again this year.

— Edward Kennedy

If this isn't the Fat Lady singing, it's awful close to that. If Ari seriously thought she was a contender for the…

— Stuart Rothenberg

In your telephone call, you [Malcolm Turnbull]said that neither you nor the Cabinet would be supporting my nomination. When I asked the…

— Kevin Rudd

It's just incredible. When you're French, coming from a non-English language country, you don't even dream about Oscar recognition or nominations. It's…

— Michel Hazanavicius

Just look at the Judiciary Committee, You have some people on the Judiciary Committee who may well decide not to send the…

— Barbara Boxer

There was a time in my life when election year was nothing to me, but in 1912, I joined that great army…

— Margaret Case Harriman

George W. Bush in 2000 went to private financing for the nomination, but he accepted public funding in the general. And, quite…

— Mark Shields

I got a nomination for director, which means the world to me; it's just the most exciting thing for me and my…

— David O. Russell

Hillary Clinton made history becoming the first woman to win a major party nomination for president. She's done so even as many…

— Audie Cornish

To get an Emmy nomination for a show that was the first-ever science talk show on television to us was an affirmation…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your…

— Rufus Wainwright

The people that voted for Donald Trump, the vast majority of them really thought that if Hillary Clinton won this election, that…

— Rush Limbaugh

In the Latino community, the Trump campaign, even when it seemed it was a long shot he would be elected president, his…

— Hector Tobar

The director Denis [Villeneuve] is actually an actor (he's from Sons of Anarchy and he's a great character actor) and he's also…

— Bun B

The historical resonances are sharp. [Louis] Brandeis is nominated on Jan. 28, 1916. Confirmed on June 1. Waits 125 days between nomination…

— Jeffrey Rosen

I'm incredibly proud to have been nominated in the past and it really means a lot to me because I do work…

— Kate Winslet

Immortals is without doubt the best-looking awful movie you will ever see. Eiko Ishioka's costume designs alone deserve an Oscar nomination. "They…

— Roger Ebert

It's pretty clear that Hillary Clinton was a deeply, deeply flawed alternative. She had the wrong combination of the internal political chops…

— Jonathan Chait

I am keeping with tradition today. After I learned of my Golden Globe nomination, I went to the dentist, so today, let's…

— Frankie Muniz

Another wing of the party seems to be putting its hands up. They're not all resisting and accepting the [Donald] Trump -…

— Chris Matthews

I think Hillary Clinton's nomination and I think Donald Trump's nomination, I think the media played decisive roles in both of them.

— Ted Cruz

It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents.

— George W. Bush

Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations…

— Viggo Mortensen

The Oscar nominations are out, and they’re so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them,

— Larry Wilmore

I was never upset that I did not get an Emmy. That I did get an Emmy nomination, I couldn't be happier…

— Kyle Chandler

If I want to be up for an Academy Award, I'm either going to have to play a tour de force of…

— Burt Reynolds

For me, this nomination was as if all of a sudden the crucifix began to wear a yellow star.

— Anonymous

You believe that you can win the nomination of your party, and then you believe that you're the strongest candidate to win…

— Rudy Giuliani

I want to keep making movies, hopefully with some nominations, if I'm lucky! Movies that make people feel something, where they walk…

— Bella Thorne

I was very pleased with your kind letter. Until now I never dreamed of being something like a hero. But since you've…

— Albert Einstein

He sits beside the ranking Democrat Patrick Leahy who voted against Jeff Session's nomination in that committee in 1986.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

You have to understand that for the most part in New York, whoever gets the Democratic nomination wins.

— Donald Trump

It really kind of looks like now that John Kerry is on his way to the presidential nomination. The only thing that…

— Jay Leno

Oscar nominations came out today. Up for best actor, Sean Penn for 'Mystic River,' Jude Law for 'Cold Mountain,' and of course,…

— Jay Leno