Nominations Quotes

If I were a white candidate, I'd have won the Democratic nomination.

— Jesse Jackson

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

— Jerry Seinfeld

The Oscar nomination is the best marketing you can get.

— Paul Young

We got it on lock like Barack got the nomination

— Masta Ace

Titanic got 14 nominations one per lifeboat.

— Jim Mullen

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

— Roger Ebert

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.

— Jeff Bridges

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of,

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Well, no, I didn't because I didn't even know the nominations were coming out. I gotta say, it wasn't even on my…

— Will Arnett

I have received 16 Grammy nominations and I have no trophies, because I chose to write the harsh realities. I stayed true…

— Curtis Jackson

This [Judge Samuel Alito] may be one of the most significant or consequential nominations that the Senate will vote on since I've…

— Joe Biden

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

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

— Wiz Khalifa

What happened was that none of that [Emmy nomination] really happened. Numbers flew under the radar, and so around the fourth season,…

— David Krumholtz

I just want to point out that Warren Harding, The Times assailed his nomination for president.And we can see how effective that…

— Dalia Mogahed

If no one can do that, yeah, Donald Trump better man the lifeboats, because there's some significant chance he'll win the nomination.

— Dalia Mogahed

Trump's last name is an omen that he'll win the Republican nomination, since "trump" means "triumph." One might suggest that this will…

— Michael R. Burch

The Big Trump is a historic figure. The Big Trump beat 16 other people for the nomination. The Big Trump is creating…

— Newt Gingrich

To even win a nomination in this country, you have to say you're a person of great faith. You have to pledge…

— Bill Maher

The Color Purple received four Tony nominations; the play is highly looked at and it's a must see for everyone. I just…

— Heather Headley

Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for President in…

— James Dobson

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

— Jesse Eisenberg

After the confetti is swept and the champagne bottles are tossed a more sober reality will take hold. Not just that her…

— Marc Cooper

What we won when all of our people united just must not now be lost in suspicion, distrust, selfishness, and politics among…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

It [going from mini-series to series] was never even discussed because it [The Starter Wife] was, you know, an adaptation of a…

— Debra Messing

Now that Mr. Trump is the President-elect: If he chooses, he can, by executive order, repeal most of what President Barack Obama…

— Louis Farrakhan

“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

[Donald] Trump wanted the nomination, and all these other Republicans and their supporters didn't want Trump to have the nomination. So who…

— Rush Limbaugh

I've not won different awards - many, many times - so luckily I've practiced that whenever you are nominated for anything, you…

— Helen Mirren

We are divided between those who think with their heads and those who know with their heart. Consider Harriet Miers. If you…

— Stephen Colbert

There are no winners in this election [2016]. I paid attention to it for about two months and then it just started…

— Bill Burr

Her nomination for vice president in 2008 represents the most desperate inclinations of the Republican Party. In two hundred years, I suspect…

— Chuck Klosterman

God willing, even I might scrape a nomination.

— Michael Caine

Awards and nominations really help sell films.

— Essie Davis

No Republican has ever won South Carolina and Iowa or New Hampshire, as Trump has, without going on to win the nomination.

— Chuck Todd

The [President's] Nomination, of Course, brings the Subject fully under the Consideration of the Senate; who have then a Right to decide…

— George Mason

It would be nice if we could clear up the nominations that are still out there, and there are a lot of…

— Tom Daschle

A Supreme Court nomination and appointment is not a roving commission to rewrite our laws.

— John Cornyn

Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.

— Kate Fleetwood

I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to…

— Lupita Nyong'o