Nominations Quotes · Page 6

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.

— Rita Mae Brown

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

— Barbara Boxer

I think it's my nature to - every time I hear about an award or a nomination, it makes me realize how…

— Jesse Eisenberg

There was also a sense that if he [Obama] did not win in Iowa, that it was very unlikely that he would…

— Josh Earnest

Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton, but he won more than 12 million votes in the primaries and…

— Scott Simon

I am saying there are women in the Senate, there are women in governorships, there are women in statewide office, there are…

— Barbara Boxer

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

I had no expectation about getting a nomination, but I was watching nonetheless. My wife and my son got really excited. I…

— Tobey Maguire

I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a…

— William Peter Blatty

[Best original song nomination in 2016] should be Wiz Khalifa for "See You Again," but this is an amazing song and it's…

— Bun B

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

— Chris Matthews

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

— Edward Kennedy

If there is such a thing as a lock on an Oscar nomination, ... Hoffman has one.

— Roger Ebert

The debate over judicial nominations is a debate over the judiciary itself. It is a debate over how much power unelected judges…

— Orrin Hatch

This Golden Globe nomination is sweet validation for the years of hard work it took to bring Coraline to life using stop-motion…

— Henry Selick

“Typically, in politics, more than one horse is owned and managed by the same team in an election. There's always and extra…

— Suzy Kassem

But might not his [the president's] nomination be overruled? I grant it might, yet this could only be to make place for…

— Alexander Hamilton

Any chick that I handle, I teach ‘em patience. How not to win the award but be glad for your nomination.

— Wiz Khalifa

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

— Anonymous

I’ve never taken time off from being an actor. This is the kind of career I’d be so happy to do until…

— Ansel Elgort

The only sexism involved in the Miers nomination is the administration's claim that once they decided they wanted a woman, Miers was…

— Ann Coulter

I honestly believe that there's an element in this country, in our politics, that does not want to see a businessman succeed…

— Herman Cain

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

Cry when you get a Golden Globe. Then you can get an Oscar nomination.

— Jerry Seinfeld

"Transparent" is a drama slash comedy series that could, in theory, make the Emmy nominations next year in either of those categories…

— David Bianculli