In the deaths of figures such as George H.W. Bush there's another opportunity to prize the civility we lament as having passed. — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
With all those prizes the most interesting thing is getting on to the shortlist, because that tells you who people see as… — David Malouf Copy Share Image
Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I may not have got the Nobel Prize, but I've won countless other awards, including 'Most Inspirational Living Woman Scientist.' — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark divisive… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The lottery of honest labor, drawn by time, is the only one whose prizes are worth taking up and carrying home. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Ninety-five percent of the time when I run a contest I've purchased the giveaway prizes with advertising money. — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
That's the true sign. If the lover has not yet achieved his prize, his eyes will follow the woman, while she appears… — Sophy Burnham Copy Share Image
The man who loves God with a true heart, and prizes him above all things, sometimes sheds floods of tears at prayer,… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
Some mechanism in my sub-consciousness took the dominant characteristics of various prize-fighters, gunmen, bootleggers, oil field bullies, gamblers, and honest workmen I… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
I'm not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, 'You got the… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
She’s the kind of person who either dies tragically at twenty-seven, like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, or else grows up to… — John Green Copy Share Image
I tend to look at the good things about what's going on in life, and I do that the best I can.… — Common Copy Share Image
I grew up in England at a time when England was winning Nobel Prizes right and left. I mean it was amazing… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
One of the things I prize most about being a writer is its license - you could even say injunction - to… — Gregory Allen Howard Copy Share Image
The person who wins the Nobel Prize is not the person who read the most journal articles and took the most notes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I say that Hitler ought to have the peace prize, because he is removing all the elements of contest and of struggle… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
An exception was made with respect to me, because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Do you wish to become rich? You may become rich, that is, if you desire it in no half way, but thoroughly.… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an “extra” that a person might grow into after he… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We know that U.S. voters, and world leaders, allow Obama extraordinary leeway when it comes to deadly drone strikes, precisely because of… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The Democrats say we ought to give Barack Obama credit for trying. That sounds like the nonsense of giving every kid a… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Alas!... what is it, valiant knight, save an offering of sacrifice to a demon of vain glory, and a passing through the… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
You go to tournaments to win and when you actually lift the prize, you feel tremendous pride and happiness. — Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Copy Share Image
President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize.' It is hard to imagine anyone other than Mr. Trump expressing that sentiment. — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
You're one of a kind, limited edition. I'll keep trying till I've earned my shot at the prize; that is You. — Author Name Copy Share Image
“This could be the biggest mistake of my life. Or it could be the most perfect prize. One you’ve earned.” — Belle Aurora Copy Share Image
You too can win Nobel Prizes. Study diligently. Respect DNA. Don't smoke. Don't drink. Avoid women and politics. That's my formula. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wonder if real art comes when you build the thing that they don't have a prize for yet. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“You should prize this pain of yours. This is what will make you human all the way through. Nothing less will do… — Diane Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes.… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Life is a prize. Either charish it or you can throw it away. The choice is yours. — Dawn Marie Copy Share Image
This world is given as a prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
I don't have any clue about the criteria, how the Nobel committee selects an individual for the prize. — Abiy Ahmed Copy Share Image
Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
“Nay then, but let me give to Him not what I value least, but what I prize and delight in most.” — Elizabeth Prentiss Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize is without doubt the highest honour, the most coveted honour, which can be bestowed on a scientist. — Charles Glover Barkla Copy Share Image
I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
